summary tags only displayed if the project is included (not the dll)

[Vincent Finn]

Hi,

I have a class library with some classes.
The classes and function all have <summary/> tags.

If I include the project for the library in my solution it'll display
the summary tags correctly.
If I just reference the dll then the summary tags are missing

Anyone know why this is happening?

Vin

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Vin,

In order to get the XML documentation, you need to output the
documentation when compiling. If you go to the project properties, you will
notice an option that will let you do this. Once you have this file (which
is the name of your assembly with an XML extension instead of dll), you can
place it in the same directory that the dll is in, and when referenced, the
designer will pick up the comments.

Hope this helps.

 

[Vincent Finn]

Vin,

In order to get the XML documentation, you need to output the
documentation when compiling. If you go to the project properties, you will
notice an option that will let you do this. Once you have this file (which
is the name of your assembly with an XML extension instead of dll), you can
place it in the same directory that the dll is in, and when referenced, the
designer will pick up the comments.

Hope this helps.

Thanks, that gets me most of the way there

The summaries now turn up in the object browser but the still don't
appear in the property page

Is there another step?

Vin