{"id":9003,"date":"2015-04-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/?p=9003"},"modified":"2016-09-27T12:06:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T19:06:23","slug":"writing-xml-help-for-advanced-functions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/01\/writing-xml-help-for-advanced-functions\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing XML Help for Advanced Functions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Follow @juneb_get_help<\/a><\/p>\n

The introduction of SAPIEN PowerShell HelpWriter<\/a> has made writing XML help files as easy \u2013 actually easier \u2013 than writing comment-based help. XML help is more robust and less error-prone than comment-based help. It supports updatable help and help in multiple languages, and it lets you separate help files from script and modules files, which is a real advantage when you’re working with many people in a shared coding environment, like GitHub.<\/p>\n

PowerShell HelpWriter makes it easy to create XML help files for all commands in a module, including the functions in a manifest module or script module: just click New<\/strong>\/New Help File (from Module)<\/strong>. But, you’re not quite done. It takes a few more steps to associate a function with the XML help file.<\/p>\n

Read the full article in the SAPIEN Information Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Follow @juneb_get_help The introduction of SAPIEN PowerShell HelpWriter has made writing XML help files as easy \u2013 actually easier \u2013 than writing comment-based help. XML help is more robust and less error-prone than comment-based help. It supports updatable help and help in multiple languages, and it lets you separate help files from script and modules […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[952,25],"tags":[934,28,953],"class_list":["post-9003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-powershell-help-writer","category-windows-powershell","tag-juneb","tag-powershell","tag-powershell-help-writer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t