How to get full intellisense tooltip comments working? - documentation

Question

I've got some C++/CLI software which is all nice and documented in a C#'ish kind of way which means DOxygen is able to pull it out into some nice html. Is there any way I can get that same information to appear in the intellisense tool tips the way that the .net framework does?
For example, lets say this is my header file (MyApp.h):
/*************** MyApp.h ***************/
/// My namespace containing all my funky classes
namespace MyNamespace
{
using namespace System;
ref class WorldHunger;
/// A truly elegent class which solves all the worlds problems
public ref class MyClass
{
public:
/// Constructs a MyClass
MyClass()
{
}
/// <summary>Attempts to fix world hunger</summary>
/// <param name="problem">The problem to try and fix</param>
/// <returns>Whether or not the problem was solved</param>
bool FixWorldHunger( WorldHunger^ problem );
};
}
...and this it's corresponding implementation:
/*************** MyApp.cpp ***************/
#include "MyApp.h"
using namespace MyNamespace;
MyClass::MyClass()
{
}
bool MyClass::FixWorldHunger( WorldHunger^ problem )
{
bool result = false;
/// TODO: implement something clever
return result;
}
Here's what intellisense does for built in functions when I'm typing:
http://www.geekops.co.uk/photos/0000-00-02%20%28Forum%20images%29/BrokenIntellisense1.jpg
Here's what intellisense does for my own functions when I type:
http://www.geekops.co.uk/photos/0000-00-02%20%28Forum%20images%29/BrokenIntellisense2.jpg
Surely there's a way to do this?

Answer 1

Just to summarise, for this to work you need your comments in a compatible form:
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves the widget at the specified index
/// </summary>
/// <param name="widgetIndex">Index of the widget to retrieve.</param>
/// <returns>The widget at the specified index</returns>
Widget* GetWidget(int widgetIndex);
Then you simply right-click on the project in Visual Studio and go to properties > configuration properties > C/C++ > Output Files and change Generate XML Documentation Files to Yes.
When you rebuild your project ad import it somewhere else, you should see fully documented tooltips appear.