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I'm using Visual Studio 2008 SP1

in VB.NET, when I type ''' above a function, some automatic default XML comments appear:

''' <summary>
''' 
''' </summary>
''' <remarks></remarks>

I would like this to be the following instead:

''' <summary></summary>
''' <remarks></remarks>

Is there a way to change what appears when you type ''' above a function?

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  • This answer says there's a way. I've asked for input here. Commented Aug 13, 2010 at 16:44

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They key is in the VBXMLDoc.xml file. It provides templating for all of the XML comments in VB.NET. Still have not checked if there is a solution for C#. I went so long in wanting it for C#, but have actually just gotten used to the ugly default format.

How to Customize the XML Comments that are inserted by the Visual Basic Code Editor?

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+1 It is a pity it is XML tags only though. Even some whitespace would be good.
This has worked fine up to and including VS2013. New question for VS2015.
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At my last place we wrote a VBA macro to insert the remarks for us and then bound it to a hotkey. This allowed us to write ouw own custom comment blocks with additional parameter and a good deal of the information already present.

Check out this article for the full details: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163757.aspx

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use GhostDoc! :-)

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