VSdocman Features

Supports VB .NET and C# in any type of project, including class library, application, smart device, ASP .NET.
Works with Visual Studio 2008 / 2005 / 2003 / 2002.
Full support for generics, extension methods and other .NET features.
Works in GUI and command line modes.
No need for compiled assemblies. Everything is extracted directly from the source code. This is especially useful for ASP .NET projects.
You can select which members will be documented using filtering by type, accessibility, project file, name and attributes.
You can add your own topics such as overview, examples, license agreement, usage descriptions, etc.
Profiles for settings.
Conditional compilation. You can define conditional constants and add condition to the member comment. This way you can include or exclude specific members from documentation.

Generates the following documentation formats:
- MS Help 2 - Microsoft help technology used in Visual Studio .NET and MSDN, .HxS file. Suitable for integration with VS help or MSDN.
- HTML Help 1.x - .CHM file suitable for general purpose help.
- HTML - files with index, search and table of contents. Works even locally without web server.
- RTF document suitable for printing.
- Help & Manual - well-known help authoring system which can be perfectly used in conjunction with VSdocman.
- XML which can be processed later by other tools
- Others. The user is allowed to define his own format for any text based document such as LATEX, custom HTML and others.
Generates IntelliSense (auto-completion tooltips) and Object Browser info.
Creates F1 help.
Integrates in VS help system on target computer.
Easily deploys Help2 documentation to target computers using accompanied royalty-free command-line utility.
Output is localizable. There are several built-in languages including English, German, French and Spanish.
Creates links to framework classes, even in HTML and CHM output.
Documentation can contain source code of the member.

Supports standard XML comments.
Automatically inserts predefined texts in comments, e.g. "Initializes a new instance of the <CLASS-NAME-AND-LINK> class" for constructors.
Contains sophisticated WYSIWYG comment editor.
You can automatically insert default XML comment to the member.
You can automatically insert Description attribute to your property. This is used for property short description in Properties Window.
You can insert tables, lists, pictures, links, colors, bold, italics and other formatting directly in your source code.
Supported comment tags: <summary>, <seealso>, <example>, <same>, <typeparam>, <param>, <paramref>, <typeparamref>, <set>, <returns>, <remarks>, <author>, <version>, <revision>, <include>, <includesource>, <compilewhen>, <exception>, <value>, <para>, <code>, <c>, <see>, <list>, <img>, <b>, <i>, <u>, <font> and user-defined tags.