.NET (C#) - How do you get XML comments to appear in a different project (dll)?

Question

Consider:

/// <summary>
/// This method does something...
/// </summary>
public void DoSomething() {
    // code...
}

When using that method/class etc.. in a different dll the comments do not show up.

I've tried a few things - any ideas?

Thanks

Answer 1

A couple of suggestions:

• Make sure that your compiler is configured to emit the XML doc comments as part of the compilation job
  • The Microsoft C# compiler switch that controls this is /doc, and can also be configured via the Build property page in a project's settings
• Make sure that the XML file produced by the compiler matches the name of the DLL (i.e. myAssembly.dll -> myAssembly.xml)
• When you use the assembly in another project, make sure that the XML file is in the same directory as the DLL being referenced.