XML Documentation Sample

This sample shows how to use XML to document code. See XML Documentation Comments (C# Programming Guide) for additional information.

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To build the XML Documentation sample within Visual Studio

  1. In Solution Explorer, right-click the project and click Properties.

  2. Open the Configuration Properties folder and click Build.

  3. Set the XML Documentation File property to XMLsample.xml.

  4. On the Build menu, click Build. The XML output file will be in the debug directory.

To build the XML Documentation sample from the Command Line

  1. To generate the sample XML documentation, type the following at the command prompt:

    csc XMLsample.cs /doc:XMLsample.xml
  2. To see the generated XML, issue the following command:

    type XMLsample.xml