Object Programming tooltip question.

[jcisco]

I was just wondering if anyone knows how to have a class method show details about itself for the calling class?

for example.
if you if you are using the XmlTextWriter class, and you go to use the flush method, the tooltip pops up and states "Flushes whatever is in the buffer etc..."
how did they do that? I would like to add that functionality to my classes.

thanks.
john

 

[phirst]

Hi john,

I think this is what you need.
Just add
<Description(&quot;your property description&quot> _
to the line before the property function.
(Don't forget the underscore, this is all part of the property line)

Cheers
Paul.

 

[jcisco]

just in case anyone was wondering the same thing here is a link. I couldn't get the example you gave to work is it a C# command?

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Languages/Dot_Net/Q_20317031.html

 

[Chopsaki]

Yeah, there goes wonderful Microsoft pimping out C#. Half the documentation features only work in C#, no C++ or VB. When you build comment pages in VB you only get a really basic object model. You cannot add comments in the code that'll be picked up in the parser in VB. Same goes for the tooltip stuff. Only C# again. It is really annoying. I am very disappointed with this. foo

 

[phirst]

hi john,
My example was in vb.net but for more details check this out...

Title = Design-Time Attributes for Components

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...l/cpcondesign-timeattributesforcomponents.asp

I believe this is what you are after.

I used it with vb and it works fine, difficult to get doc though.

Cheers,
Paul.

 

[jcisco]

when I use the <Category or the Description tags they are showing up as not defined. Is their a import, or something that i'm missing? that link isn't saying.
thanks.

 

[RiverGuy]

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[JohnYingling]

<System.ComponentModel.Description(&quot;First Name of individual.&quot> _
Public WriteOnly Property FirstName() As String

OR put
Imports System.ComponentModel
before the first Class statement then

<Description(&quot;First Name of individual.&quot> _
Public WriteOnly Property FirstName() As String
works.

Remember. Category is for properties of controls. Description is for Intellisense.

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