Jan Schreuder on .Net

Sandcastle September 2007 CTP released

I think it was announced almost three weeks ago, but it is finally released today. There are obviously a number of bug fixes, as well as some new features in this release. A full list of bug fixes, new features and changes can be found here. If you want to use Sandcastle, I suggest you download and install the following items.

1. Visual Studio 2005 SDK Version 4.0. Make sure you install this first. It contains an old version of Sandcastle which will be replaced by the new CTP. It also contains the 2.0 help compiler.
2. Sandcastle - September 2007 Community Technology Preview (CTP). This is the actual Sandcastle CTP. After installation, make sure that you run the following command to generate reflection files for the .Net 2.0 framework: msbuild fxReflection.proj /Property:NetfxVer=2.0 /Property:PresentationStyle=%1
3. Download DocProject.or Sandcastle Help File Builder to make building help files a lot simpler. Be aware though, that these applications are open-source projects and may need to be changed before they fully support the new Sandcastle CTP. From experience, I know that it will normally take less than a week for these applications to be fully compatible with the latest CTP.