'''MicrosoftMS Help 3.x'''iswas athe newcode helpname systemused developedduring bydevelopment [[Microsoft]] due to ship withof [[Microsoft Visual Studio|Visual Studio 2010]] andoffline its associated [[MSDN Library]]help.
The official name for VS 2010 help is [[Microsoft Help System]]
Microsoft Help 3.x supersedes [[Microsoft Help 2]] which is the help system used by [[Microsoft Visual Studio]] 2002/2003/2005/2008 and [[Office 2007]].
==History==
* Jan 2008 - April Reagan [MS] blogs that [[Microsoft]] will replace [[Microsoft Help 2]].
* Apr 2009 - At [[WritersUA]] 2009 conference [[Microsoft]] announced Microsoft Help 3.0 will ship with [[Microsoft Visual Studio|Visual Studio 2010]].
==File Format==
A Microsoft Help 3.x file has a ".mshc" (Microsoft Help Container) extension and is simply a standard [[ZIP_(file_format) | Zip file]] renamed. It contains no proprietary files, just the authors content files.
A compiler (Workshop) is not required. Instead help files are ripped ([[Index_(information_technology) |Indexed]]) at installation time.
Topics files are written in XHTML 1.x compatible HTML. Standard HTML [[Meta_tags | Meta Tags]] are used to define various topic attributes including the Table of Contents (TOC), Visible Index and F1 Keyword list.
==See also==
* [[Windows Help|Microsoft WinHelp]]
* [[Microsoft Compiled HTML Help]]
* [[Microsoft Help 2]]
== External links ==
* [http://blogs.msdn.com/aprilr/ April’s Weblog]
* [http://blogs.msdn.com/help3team/ Microsoft Help 3.0 Team Blog]
* [http://www.mshelpwiki.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Help3 Microsoft Help 3.x]
* [http://www.helpware.net/mshelp3/ Microsoft Help 3]
