Effect2: "which it succeeded" vs. Microsoft Help 2

2020-12-02T10:48:35Z

"which it succeeded" vs. Microsoft Help 2

Effect2: I think this may have more references (mostly to different parts of a single page) than prose.

2020-12-02T10:09:17Z

I think this may have more references (mostly to different parts of a single page) than prose.

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'''Microsoft Help Viewer''', also known as<ref>http://kb.helpwaregroup.com/ms-help-viewer/hvinfo → Introduction, here called "MS Help 3"</ref> '''Microsoft Help 3''', is a help format developed by Microsoft. It is much simplified compared to previous formats, with no project format or compiliation step; it is simply a [[ZIP]] file, renamed with the extension ".mshc" ("Microsoft Help Container"<ref>http://kb.helpwaregroup.com/ms-help-viewer/hvinfo#TOC-.MSHC-Microsoft-Help-Container---Help-file</ref>), of the relevant resources, the main help pages being in [[XHTML]]<ref>http://hv2.helpmvp.com/doc/file-format</ref>. There were two versions, "HV1" (2010<ref name="wphist" />) and "HV2" (2012<ref name="wphist" />), which are "basically the same[;] HV2 has a few more meta statements but these wont [sic] break backward compatibility."<ref name="hv2">http://kb.helpwaregroup.com/ms-help-viewer/hv2info</ref> The major difference between the versions was in the main implementation (and/or API) of the software that read them.<ref name="hv2" /><ref>http://mshelpwiki.helpmvp.com/mshelp/help-viewer</ref>

The .mshc file might come alongside a pregenerated search index with the extension ".mshi"<ref>http://kb.helpwaregroup.com/ms-help-viewer/hvinfo#TOC-.MSHI-Microsoft-Help-Index---Index-fragment</ref>; or also an [[HTML]] "Product Manifest file", with the extension ".msha"<ref>http://kb.helpwaregroup.com/ms-help-viewer/hvinfo#TOC-.MSHA---Product-Manifest-file</ref>, which specifies the organization of multiple .mshc files<ref>http://kb.helpwaregroup.com/ms-help-viewer/hvinfo#TOC-Packages-Books-Catalogs</ref>. It might also be packed into a [[CAB]] file.

Like [[Microsoft Help 2]], most uses of Microsoft Help Viewer mentioned online seem to extend to documentation of software development tools.<ref>https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/help-viewer/overview?view=vs-2019</ref>

== Links ==
* [http://mshelpwiki.helpmvp.com/mshelp/help-viewer MSHelpWiki: Help Viewer]
* [http://kb.helpwaregroup.com/ms-help-viewer Helpware knowledgebase: MS Help Viewer]
** [http://kb.helpwaregroup.com/ms-help-viewer/hvinfo HV1]
** [http://kb.helpwaregroup.com/ms-help-viewer/hv2info HV2]
* [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/help-viewer/overview?view=vs-2019 Page on the Microsoft website]
* [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Help Viewer]]

== See Also ==
* [[CHM]]
* [[Microsoft Help 2]]

== References ==
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 The .mshc file might come alongside a pregenerated search index with the extension ".mshi"<ref>http://kb.helpwaregroup.com/ms-help-viewer/hvinfo#TOC-.MSHI-Microsoft-Help-Index---Index-fragment</ref>; or also an [[HTML]] "Product Manifest file", with the extension ".msha"<ref>http://kb.helpwaregroup.com/ms-help-viewer/hvinfo#TOC-.MSHA---Product-Manifest-file</ref>, which specifies the organization of multiple .mshc files<ref>http://kb.helpwaregroup.com/ms-help-viewer/hvinfo#TOC-Packages-Books-Catalogs</ref>. It might also be packed into a [[CAB]] file.
-Like [[Microsoft Help 2]], most uses of Microsoft Help Viewer mentioned online seem to extend to documentation of software development tools.<ref>https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/help-viewer/overview?view=vs-2019</ref>
+Like [[Microsoft Help 2]], which it succeeded, most uses of Microsoft Help Viewer mentioned online seem to extend to documentation of software development tools.<ref>https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/help-viewer/overview?view=vs-2019</ref>
 == Links ==

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Effect2: "which it succeeded" vs. Microsoft Help 2

Effect2: I think this may have more references (mostly to different parts of a single page) than prose.