Getting Started
The topics in this section will help you install all of the required tools, become familiar with the Sandcastle Help File Builder, and create your first project.
- Installation Instructions
- Sandcastle Help File Builder Overview
- Enabling and Using XML Comments
- Walkthrough: Creating Your First Project
- Relative and Absolute Paths
- The Log File
- User Preferences
- Special Folder Locations
- Building with a GitHub Workflow
- XCOPY/NuGet Build Server Deployment
- Building Projects Outside the GUI
- Generating Documentation with Team Build
The following external documentation may also be useful:
- Sandcastle XML Comments Guide
- Sandcastle MAML Guide
- Using the inheritdoc XML Comments Element
- Documenting WPF Attached Events
- Documenting WPF Attached Properties
- Documenting Web Projects
- Converting HTML Files to MAML Topics
- The following article is outdated now but does contain some useful information: Taming Sandcastle: A .NET Programmer's Guide to Documenting Your Code.
- Sandcastle Wall Chart