The XML Documentation Tool ( XML Documentation Tool.exe) gives Visual Basic .NET developers the ability to author XML documentation files for their library projects.  This is useful when it is desirable to distribute a built assembly but impractical to distribute associated source code.  Consumers of their referenced libraries see the XML information in Intellisense in the Visual Studio code editor and the Object Browser.

Note   The tool can be used for assemblies built in languages other than Visual Basic .NET, as long as the assemblies are CLS compliant managed code assemblies, such as C#.