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Enabling managed class library developers throughout the world to easily create accurate, informative documentation with a common look and feel.
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Sandcastle produces accurate, MSDN style, comprehensive documentation by reflecting over the source assemblies and optionally integrating XML Documentation Comments. Sandcastle has the following key features:
- Works with or without authored comments
- Supports Generics and .NET Framework 2.0
- Sandcastle has 2 main components (MrefBuilder and Build Assembler)
- MrefBuilder generates reflection xml file for Build Assembler
- Build Assembler includes syntax generation, transformation..etc
- Sandcastle is used internally to build .Net Framework documentation
Supported Operating System
Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2
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Required Software:
- Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0, available
here
- HTML Help Workshop available here
Optional Software:
- Visual Studio 2005
- MS Help Compiler from VS SDK here
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1. Uninstall previous versions of Sandcastle.
2. Click on the "Download" button above to install Sandcastle.
3. After installing Sandcastle, follow the steps here to create a sample CHM or HxS build.
4. Visit Sandcastle blog for the release notes and latest information.
Note: Installing VS SDK after installing Sandcastle will cause Sandcastle not to work properly as VS SDK installer updates both the PATH and DXROOT environment variables in the registry
