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9 Aug 2006 6:42 PM
patrickparent
I have search this forum and I want to know if there is only the XML
way to add function description to Intellisence, or there is any way to
do it like this

<Description("Description etc...")> Public Sub Qwerty

Patrick

Author
10 Aug 2006 2:47 AM
iwdu15
type in 3 comment characters in a row....then youl get an XML template to add
descriptions for the method, returning value, and parameters
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10 Aug 2006 8:13 AM
Peter Macej
> type in 3 comment characters in a row....then youl get an XML template to add
> descriptions for the method, returning value, and parameters

Yes, but this is only half of the story. Info from XML comments is not
compiled into assembly. You need to generate XML file and distribute it
with your DLL.

On the other hand, info from <Description> attribute is compiled into
assembly so you don't need anything else. But as I said, it is only used
in Properties window, not in Intellisense.

To sum it up, you cannot have IntelliSense only with pure DLL file
without additional XML file.

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