Understanding XML Documents
XML documents are not new in Visual Basic 2010; they were first natively introduced with Visual Basic 2005. (In versions prior to 2005, XML comments were possible only via third-party add-ins.) To understand why XML documents are an essential topic, let’s take a look at a method invocation within the code editor. Figure 50.1 shows how IntelliSense appears on an uncommented method.
Figure 50.1 Uncommented members make IntelliSense unable to display useful information.
As you can see from Figure 50.1, IntelliSense will correctly show up, but it will just show the method name in a tooltip, without providing information ...
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