I was wondering how to add a description to the passed values in a sub or function that I create.

So if I have function, when I start entering the parameters to pass, the description changes according to which one I am on.

Thanks as always.

J

Hi

I've seen on other news groups about this and it is possible to do this but you need to create your own xml files and keep them updated manually, from what I can gather the ide reads these xml files in, it's easier (so I've read) in C# because of the xml commenting feature, this should be a feature in VB 2005 (xml commenting that is).




Duncan

Yes it is simple in C#:

    /// <summary>
    /// This is the HelloWorld method
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="strString">Pass a string</param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public string HelloWorld(string strString)
    {
    }

Yes, this is a feature in 2005 for BOTH C# and VB.NET.

OK, my next 2 questions:

Is this available to VB in 2003?

Is there an article on this somewhere?

For VB.NET, you can download the VB.NET Documenter from http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/ide/

It's a Powertoy created by the team that also created VS.NET (I think).

It's not as clean as the C# version, but it works. Last time I tested it, I got a weird error every now and then, but it works pretty well. I believe the end result is the same XML file as you would get from the C# version, so you can use tools like NDoc to generate help files.

HtH,

Imar
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Thanks. I will look at it. :)