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XML comment tag: how to see it?

I use Microsoft Visual Studio 2012. When I put code examples into XML comments of C# classes/methods, I wonder: how will user that references my assemblies see that code example? I tried to reference my own assembly, and the only way I found was: to…
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How to make an F# project work with the object browser

I have used the sample F# Empty WPF project and pulled in Paul Bett's ReactiveUI project via Nuget. Normally when I press (shift-f2) on an identifier in C#/VB.Net it takes me to the object browser so I can explore the interface of the object.…
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Visual Studio Object Browser disregards XML comment formatting

In my .NET XML comments on methods and classes, I try to provide usage examples in blocks. When I use Sandcastle to generate a .chm documentation file using my XML documentation, it's always formatted nicely and…
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What XML comment tags are supported in the Object Browser

I'd like to provide a higher level of detail at the class level (in this case actually a Module) with code samples, etc., but I'm having trouble getting various tags to work. ''' ''' Here's a summary of SmallCodeChunk '''…
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Object Browser can't browse my own solution?

When I click on "My Solution" nothing comes up. I have to use Custom Component Set. When I try to add a project from the solution, it can't add it. "The following components could not be browsed." ...projectnamehere I have to browse for the .dll…
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Object browser not working for c++ in VS 2015 community

For some reason I just can't get the Object browser to pick up my function/class documentation in Visual Studio 2015 Community. I have tried as described here XML Documentation (Visual C++). The functions appear in the Object browser, but none of…
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Visual Studio 2012 Object Browser unused references

I removed some unused references from a Visual Studio 2012 Project (Visual Basic), yet they still show up in my Object Browser (F2). Does anyone have a clue how to remove those entries?
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VB6: Why is Picturebox.Print() hidden from the Object catalogue?

the title already tells the question: you can successfully call the Print-Method on a PictureBox-instance. But it is not shown in the object browser. same applies for some other methods, Pset() for example is listed but the syntax is not completely…
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Get friendly description from a object member in C#

How do i get the description from a object member programmaticly? If i use the built in Object Browser in Visual Studio i can browse a specific object and get a human redable description for every object. For example browsing {}…
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Visual Studio 2010 and .bsc file

I'm using an open source Mozilla project in Visual C++ 2010. The project requires UNIX based build tools and therefore I cannot create a Visual Studio project for it directly. I must use the command line build files (makefile, configure script,…
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All properties of Application.ActiveSheet in Excel - Object Browser does not list the properties of Members

Microsoft Docs do not list all the properties of Object Application.ActiveSheet: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/excel.application.activesheet It has only included some of the properties like: ActiveSheet.Name. But from VBA scripts…
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Is there object/class browsing in Visual Studio with C# while debugging/code tracing?

So my idea is I want to see what an object's members or properties would return/change while I am debugging/tracing. There is Object Browser but it is only to show tree list of an object. For example, let's say var cacheDir = cotext.CacheDir; But…
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Why don't an Application's Addins, Columns or Rows properties appear in the Locals Window?

How come an Excel.Application reference shows the Addins2 property in Locals Window, but not the Addins property? Ditto Columns and Rows properties? Is that some host-specific TLB hack for the Locals Window, or are those members marked in some…
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VS2015 - DLL Manifest visibility in Description pane of Object Browser

I am creating a few WPF Custom Controls in VS2015 (C#) which I would like to distribute to a Shared library for other Development Team members. In order for these folks to reference the namespaces in these DLLs the preferred manner would be to use a…
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How can I export the names of all the methods in an assembly?

I am able to see all the methods in a referenced library in my object browser. I wish to export all these methods to a text file. I also have access to dotPeek but I could not locate any export functionality in that software.
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