Creating .CHM help files within a few minutes using Sand Castle Help File Builder (from HTML pages)

Source code used to capture screenshots is available at http://SolrContrib.Codeplex.com Change Set 95363

1. Download Sandcastle.msi from http://sandcastle.codeplex.com/releases/view/47665
2. Download Sandcastle Help File Builder http://shfb.codeplex.com/
3. Launch SHFB and add a Site Map (menu)
• Right click Documentation
• Click Add
• Click New Item

4. Right click on "Documentation Sources" and add your assembly, i.e., I selected MetroIoc.Desktop.dll

What took me a surprisingly long time to figure out (because it is so simple when you know and the documentation can be overwhelming) is how to add an image to my html pages!!

In the end it is quite simple, set the BuildAction to Content (I set ExcludeFromToc to True) and your done!!

You can click the build button and you'll have a documentation.chm in the Help folder when it is completed.