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Read H3 package info from MSDN

http://services.mtps.microsoft.com/ServiceAPI/

F1 online

http://services.mtps.microsoft.com/query/query.aspx?appId=Dev10IDEF1&l=en-US&k=k(VB.NEW)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/query/dev10.query?appId=Dev10IDEF1&l=en-US&k=k(VB.NEW).
Add an &rd=true to redirect to the actual content page. Add every parameter that can be used in the F1 call as k=k(...).

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You can also use http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/[locale]/topicid
For example: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/System.String
Note that for framework members you need to strip off the initial type prefix (like T:, N:, etc.)
GUIDs will also work, like:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/06ddebea-2c83-4a45-bb48-6264c797ed93
How to target topicVersion -- Say 90 = .NET 3.5
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/System.String(VS.90)

VS\MSDN Version numbers

71 = 1.1
80 = 2.0
85 = 3.0
90 = 3.5
95 = Silverlight (whatever the latest release is they dont version this content)
100 = 4.0

Nice blob by Jeff Braaten (Ryan's boss)

http://thirdblogfromthesun.com/msdn-url-cheatsheet/

Help Viewers

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-en/81bc1785-2e39-49a5-9beb-8443e88ef159?SRC=Home

Package MSDN

MSDN Services are available to download MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163541.aspx
http://services.msdn.microsoft.com/ContentServices/ContentService.asmx
Example: This page

http://services.mtps.microsoft.com/ServiceAPI/content/y3y47afh/en-us;vs.100/primary/mtps.offline

equals what MS export into .mshc files for the following:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y3y47afh - system.xml namespace

the y3y47afh is the internal 'shortid' for the topic which you could get at with
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml as well

MTPS = MSDN/TechNet Publishing System

Open associated mtps page of doc:

MTPS Docs

http://services.msdn.microsoft.com/ContentServices/ContentService.asmx == Intro
http://services.mtps.microsoft.com/ServiceAPI/ == Root
http://services.mtps.microsoft.com/ServiceAPI/docs/ == URL format

MTPS Links

Unofficial CHM specs

http://www.jedrea.com/chmlib/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/chmspec
http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/code/#hhm

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