We are using the Docbook implementation that Spring.Java (and Hibernate) uses. The reasoning is as follows:

• It works.
• We don't want to spend too much time on this.
• If we know about Spring at all, it implies that we already have a JRE on our machines.

Here is the recipe to generate Spring.NET's documentation:

• Install Ant
• Download the docbook libraries from Spring.NET's SourceForge release area
• Unzip the lib directory into Spring.Net\doc\reference\lib\

To generate the Microsoft Html-Help format install the following

• Download and install the HTML-Help Workshop

To generate the various types of documentation run ant in the Spring.Net\doc directory with the following targets

• dochtml (HTML - one file per chapter)
• dochtmlsingle (HTML - one big html file)
• docpdf (PDF file)
• htmlhelp (Microsoft HTML-HELP .chm file)
• refdoc (Generate all documentation types)