Best free HTML help builder

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I'm looking for a program that provides me a functionality to build help documentation that can be viewed in a browser. It should be lookin like a standard help, mean: topics, sub categories etc. Which can include graphics, can format text etc.

I found a few nice looking, but they cost like houndreds of dollars. Also found freeware, but that program wasn't what im looking for.

Any suggestions guys (girls)?

EDIT: This is not a duplicate. I didnt precise, but i dont want to make documentation from source code. Forget about source code. My documentation can be about frogs, butterflies or something else. I added tag c# because there is no tag "documentation". (and colorlire c# code would be useful).

I just need progrma like this: http://www.softany.com/winchm/screenshots.htm

But i need something really good, with alot of features.

:S (I promise my english will be better asfet post 1000 questions^^)

"wasn't what I'm looking for" - what program did you find and why didn't you like it (exacly *what* are you looking for)? This info will help getting good answers. — Hans Keﬆing, Dec 22 '11 at 08:30
possible duplicate of [Generate HTML / Help files from VS 2010 C# XML documentation](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4781784/generate-html-help-files-from-vs-2010-c-sharp-xml-documentation) — jgauffin, Dec 22 '11 at 08:44
You can try [West Wind Html Help Builder](http://helpbuilder.west-wind.com). There's a shareware version that can be used without charge, but prints a message on the bottom of the help content that can be removed by registering. — Rick Strahl, Aug 18 '15 at 03:36

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 22 '11 at 08:22

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Assuming that you mean building help files from XMLDoc comments in code files, SandCastle will do this

answered Dec 22 '11 at 08:22

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '11 at 08:42

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Sandcastle is great, but is complex and hard to work with.

Sandcastle HelpFile Builder makes it a lot easier. You can style the generated HTML files or use one of the existing templates.

answered Dec 22 '11 at 08:42

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 22 '11 at 08:34

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I have successfully used NDOC 3 in the past.

answered Dec 22 '11 at 08:34

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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Don't forget MAML for portability and standardization (plus it works well with Sandcastle).

What is the recommended help file format to use in a modern Windows app?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Dec 22 '11 at 08:45

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Best free HTML help builder

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