The XML Documentation Tool ( XML Documentation…

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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#.

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