Modifying Sandcastle output style

Question

Although Sandcastle output is supposed to match the MSDN .NET Framework 4 style, there are major differences in look and feel. For example, the Sandcastle syntax lists C#, Visual Basic, and Visual C++ syntax on the screen, while MSDN has them in tags, saving precious screen space.

1. How can I create the tabs in my Sandcastle output?

2. How can I create the exact look and feel of the MSDN pages in my Sandcastle output? I have been unable to find their style sheet.

Thanks for your help. :-)

Answer 1

A VS 2010/MSDN presentation style is not available for Sandcastle.  Someone is working on one but it isn't ready yet (http://sandcastlestyles.codeplex.com/discussions/254455).  This isn't a Microsoft effort but the goal is to eventually merge it into Sandcastle so that it is available to everyone.  This is a significant task as it involves implementing a new presentation style with all of the related XSL transformations etc.

Eric

Answer 2

Thanks for your quick reply. I tried setting the presentation style to Hana, even though that is deprecated, and I got the tabbed structure that is not quite what I was looking for, but it will do for now. (I am a new Sandcastle user.)

Perhaps the ongoing project to create a VS2010/MSDN presentation style could be released in stages since it sounds like it will take some time for such an ambitious effort to be completed.

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Barbara Rosenstroch