Thanx a lot !!!
This was exactly what I was looking for
Cheers,
Friso
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> * "news.microsoft.com" <(E-Mail Removed)> scripsit:
> > I'm trying to find a way to set a value for a method or property of my
class
> > which will show up as summary when you look at the method/property in
the
> > Object browser. I know that in VB6 this was done by setting the
procedure
> > attributes but I can't find anything in .NET
>
> My FAQ:
>
> Adding tooltips in intellisense for VB.NET assemblies and creating HTML
Help
> documentation:
>
> VS.NET takes the text shown in intellisense tips from an XML file that is
> provided in addition to the assembly (for example, a DLL). The XML file
> must have the same name as the corresponding DLL with ".xml" appended and
> has to be placed in the same folder as the assembly (assembly "Foo.dll",
> XML file "Foo.dll.xml").
>
> The format of the XML file taken by VS.NET is specified here:
>
>
<URL:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...rocessingxmlfi
le.asp>
>
> For C#, VS.NET creates this XML file automatically (compiler option
"/doc").
> For VB.NET, that's currently not supported, but this will be possible in
VB
> 2005.
>
> You can create the XML file by hand, but notice that this will take a lot
of
> time and it will be hard to keep the file up to date when parts of the
> assembly change. It's much easier to use one of the tools listed below to
> create the XML file. Tools like NDOC will take the XML file and create an
> HTML Help file from the XML formatted data.
>
> One easy way to create the XML file is to provide information for tooltips
> as XML comments inside the VB.NET source files and then use tools like
> VB.DOC to create the XML file that contains the data. Then you can copy
> this file into the assembly's directory to provide information to VS.NET
> that enables it to display tooltips, or you can create a help file. The
> help file can be deployed with the assembly and can be used by other
> developers who use the assembly as reference.
>
> For VB.NET 2002/2003:
>
> VB Commenter
> <URL:http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/ide/>
> -> "VB Commenter"
>
> XML Documentation
> <URL:http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/vb/>
> -> "XML Documentation"
>
> VBXC - VB.NET XML Commentor
> <URL:http://vbxmldoc.tor-erik.net/>
>
> NDOC (formerly DOC.NET)
> <URL:http://ndoc.sourceforge.net/>
>
> VB.DOC
> <URL:http://vb-doc.sourceforge.net/>
>
>
<URL:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/W...spx?id=112b544
9-f702-46e2-87fa-86bdf39a17dd>
>
> XML comments will be introduced to VB in version 2005 ("Whidbey").
>
> C# XML comments:
>
> C# Programmer's Reference -- Recommended Tags for Documentation Comments
>
<URL:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...agsForDocument
ationComments.asp>
>
> --
> Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
> <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
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