A way to generate MSDN style documentation

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I have tried to build MSDN style documentation for my projects using Sandcastle and NDoc. However, I have found that both tools are pretty old and does not work with the .Net framework version I have (4.0).

Could somebody please suggest any of the following:

1. A tool that just converts XML documentation, without a hassle; without configuring much (Please don't mention Sandcastle or NDoc, as I have battled with them for 2 days, and lost)
2. An XSLT that could transform XML documentation, so the end result look close to MSDN style, or at least Javadoc style.

Thanks.

Posted 22-Nov-12 22:20pm

krumia

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Sunny R Gupta · Answer 1 · 2013-02-19T22:13:00

Solution 1

Bump. Looking for a solution to the question.

Tried Natural Docs, Doxygen and NDoc. none worth it. Sand castle is totally outdated.

Posted 19-Feb-13 22:13pm

Sunny R Gupta

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Richard MacCutchan 20-Feb-13 4:24am

See my solution below.

Member 1880403 · Answer 2 · 2013-06-03T22:02:00

Solution 3

I tried this one yesterday and found it to be very good, but its not free:

http://www.helixoft.com/vsdocman/overview.html

It does have a 14 day free trial though. Check the license terms before using it, as even during the trial, there are restrictions.

Posted 3-Jun-13 22:02pm

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 3 · 2013-02-19T22:23:00

Solution 2

It took me less than a minute to find http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b2s063f7(v=VS.71).aspx[^].

Posted 19-Feb-13 22:23pm

Richard MacCutchan

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Member 1880403 3-Jun-13 10:02am

It would have taken less than a minute more to work out that posting a link about XML documentation in code is not the same as producing MSDN style documentation that the original poster and others were asking about.

Richard MacCutchan 3-Jun-13 12:19pm

So what useful information have you provided to this question after waiting for 6 months?

Member 1880403 4-Jun-13 3:56am

No useful info at all, which I why I didn't post. Lets not further dilute this thread by bickering. There is work to be done.

Richard MacCutchan 4-Jun-13 4:01am

So why did you post a comment here in the first place?

Member 1880403 4-Jun-13 4:04am

Seeing as you insist, I was attempting to stop lots of people wasting their time and building up their hopes thinking a solution had been found, when in fact it is a solution to an entirely different problem, and a minute of reading would have made that obvious.

Richard MacCutchan 4-Jun-13 4:06am

And you think anyone is going to be looking at 6 month old messages?

Member 1880403 4-Jun-13 4:09am

Well I did. And anyone else who googles for a good MSDN style document generator for VS will I guess. Anyway, sorry for clearly offending you. I appreciate that you attempted to answer the question. Please don't let me put you off. Right now, I must crack on with my work. All the best.

Xtro 21-Apr-15 16:27pm

Millions of people can view this post even after thousands of years. This is Internet. What are you talking about?

I looked at this post 2.5 years after it was posted.

marianafp 23-Feb-17 7:35am

2017 and I'm looking at this post... And the author's problem is *exactly* what I'm going through

sh_cheah 3-Jul-19 23:19pm

It's 2019 now, I'm here!