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Is there API for offline MSDN documentation?

I want use offline MSDN documentation in my application.
Is there API for that ?

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Solution

  • MS Help 2.x API

    MS Help Viewer 1.0 API

    Microsoft Help 2.x is a proprietary format for online help files, developed by Microsoft and first released in 2001 as a help system for Visual Studio .NET (2002) and MSDN Library.
    It's the help engine used in Microsoft Visual Studio 2002/2003/2005/2008 and Office 2007.

    Visual Studio 2010 uses a new help engine, Microsoft Help Viewer

    Tools

    MS Help 3 Viewer replace the VS 2010 help viewer or run stand-alone.

    Visual Studio 2010 Help Downloader for downloading base Visual Studio 2010 MSDN package for offline first installation.

    Package This is a GUI tool written in C# for creating help files (.chm and .hxs) from the content obtained from the MSDN Library (MSHelp 2.0)