From: Strickland,David <dst...@mn...> - 2006-10-25 16:06:28
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I started working on a rewrite some time ago calling it NDoc05 Got a little ways on it however. I started to realize all the obstacles to getting NDoc working again. >From what I can tell looking at the code NDoc was built on top of the MSHelpCompiler. In essence it appears that NDoc started out as an automation system for the mshelp compiler then gradually additional outputs and options were added. The MSHelp compiler is a Com app that M-Soft no longer supports nor are they planning on upgrading it. As a result In order to get Ndoc back up to par all the functionality of the MSHelp Compiler would have to be reverse engineer and recoded. Perhaps this would be possible if Someone could talk M-Soft into releasing the source for MSHelpCompiller to the community so we could upgrade and support it but FTO. The only other option is to down grade NDoc to a simple XML\XSL engine that applies different XSL Files to the xml to produce the output but that is hardly what the community is looking for. Roomer has it that M-Soft is releasing their own Idea of what an automated Documenter should be sometime in the next couple decades and until then several for purchase options have come on the scene that should work for most teams that seriously want documentation. As for a free version for small shops you'll have to wait and see. Maybe your grandkids will be able to use M-Softs version that is of course unless they decide to package it into Team Monstrosity. Just my 27.3 cents Dave -----Original Message----- From: ndo...@li... [mailto:ndo...@li...]On Behalf Of Bill Swallow Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:56 AM To: Keith Bourgoin Cc: ndo...@li... Subject: Re: [Ndoc-users] What happened to NDoc? Ndoc is no longer being developed. At least, no one has picked up the torch. Kevin ceased all development about a half year ago or so. His reasons are posted in the archives. Microsoft is offering their code documenter for public use now. Google for "Sandcastle". On 10/25/06, Keith Bourgoin <kbo...@ne...> wrote: > > I'm looking at using NDoc to do some documentation on a project, but what > happened to NDoc? Is it still under active development, or is there > something else out there for making this documentation that's taken its > place. I just noticed that there haven't been any updates for over a year > and I had to use a work-around to get it to work with VS2005. Any > information would be really helpful. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid homebrewer and proud beer snob "I see your OOO message and raise you a clue." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Ndoc-users mailing list Ndo...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ndoc-users The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. |