Publishing > Configuring Your Output

Visual Studio Help is also known as MS Help 2.0. Originally this help format was intended to be the successor to HTML Help. However, Microsoft then postponed its release indefinitely and it is now clear that it is never going to be released as a help format for normal user applications.

Please note that this is a special help format that is only used for documenting third-party programming components designed for integration into Visual Studio .NET. It is not suitable for any other purpose and cannot be used for normal help projects for application programs!

About configuring Visual Studio Help output:

MS Help 2.0 is only relevant for programmers designing programming components for Visual Studio .NET. If this does not apply to you please don't worry about this help format. It cannot be used for any other purpose.

Please refer to the special Visual Studio Help chapter in the More Advanced Procedures section for details on working with Visual Studio Help in Help & Manual.