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I have a project with over 500 Missing XML Comment warnings. I know I can remove the XML Comment feature, or paste empty comment snippets everywhere, but I'd prefer a generic solution where I can ...
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In Visual Studio and C#, when using a built in function such as ToString(), IntelliSense shows a yellow box explaining what it does. How can I have that for functions and properties I write?
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This rather is a verification just not to miss out. Is/n't there a line-comment in XML? So, one without a closer, like "//" the compiler uses. I saw How do I comment out a block of tags in XML? and ...
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In MonoDevelop, when I type "///", it auto-generates an xml-style comment like this: /// <summary> /// Describes the variable x /// </summary> int x = 0; Is there a way to get this ...
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Is it possible to comment one or several attributes inside an XML tag? Something like /* */ from C. I have tried using <!-- -->, but it was unsuccessful. <element attribute1="value1" ...
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I am currently a programming student, and obviously my question is simple, but I haven't been able to find the answer to it online. So here it is: In XML /// comments in C#, where does the <...
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According to this article, it's possible to get multiline XML comments -- instead of using ///, use /** */. This is my interpretation of what multiline comments are, and what I want to have happen: /...
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I have seen this in a lot of XML comments for classes in the .NET Framework BCL but have never been able to find documentation that explains what it does. As an example, looking at System.Object ...
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I've written a small utility that allows me to change a simple AppSetting for another application's App.config file, and then save the changes: //save a backup copy first. var cfg = ...
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When I hit /// in Visual Studio, is it possible to change the resulting snippet from this: /// <summary> /// /// </summary> to this?: /// <summary></summary>
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Is there a standard way that the tools used to generate the API documents handle having XML Style comments on partial classes? Basically, how should one comment a partial class/method so that the ...
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Basically, when is it truly necessary (if at all) to use a fully qualified xml see reference: <see cref="T:MyNamespace.Sub.MyType"/> //Option 1 <see cref="T:MyType"> //Option 2 Also, what ...
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I work in a team where we use extensive ruleset in StyleCop and I am wondering what are the thoughts on the general point where such a tool stops being useful and starts becomes annoying. We also use ...
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I understand that remarks tag is used to provide additional information about the class but it is not displayed in intellisense while hovering / calling that class. I would like to know Where exactly ...
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Is there an easy way to produce MSDN-style documentation from the Visual Studio XML output? I'm not patient enough to set up a good xslt for it because I know I'm not the first person to cross this ...
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