Compile on the Fly

[Tobin Harris]

Hi there,

I am wanting to write a program that can compile help on the fly. Are there
components that may let me do this?

I know I can simply output text to generate a project file with contents
etc, and then pass this to the compiler on the command line. However, I was
wondering if anyone had written any components to make this easier, or to
replace the need for a command line .exe call?

Any help (excuse the pun) much appreciated.

Tobin

[Pete Lees]

Tobin,

Post by Tobin Harris
I am wanting to write a program that can compile help on the fly. Are there
components that may let me do this?
I know I can simply output text to generate a project file with contents
etc, and then pass this to the compiler on the command line. However, I was
wondering if anyone had written any components to make this easier, or to
replace the need for a command line .exe call?

I think there are a few utilities like NDOC
(http://ndoc.sourceforge.net) that can auto-generate online help from
comments inserted in the application source code, but, to my
knowledge, that's about it. Perhaps you could ask the question over on
the microsoft.public.helpauthoring newsgroup, as my fellow MVP Rob
Chandler has dealt with similar questions before (e.g.,
http://tinyurl.com/26qxx).

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Pete (Microsoft Help MVP)