Is there any way to get Visual Studio 2008 to update .net style comments automatically?

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I've been writing a lot of VC++ 2008 / CLI software recently and am using the C#/CLI style documentation:

/// <summary>
/// Function the does stuff
/// </summary>
/// <param name="someParam">Specifies some option</param>
/// <returns>true if it worked</returns>
bool DoStuff( bool someParam );

I find myself re-typing those blocks quite frequently and frankly, it's getting repetitive. Is there any way to get Visual Studio to create / update those blocks automatically as you create new function definitions or update existing definitions?

Visual Assist ought to help: http://www.wholetomato.com/products/features/documentMethod.asp — Hans Passant, Apr 07 '10 at 15:28
It's not for C++, but for C# and VB (just in case someone else finds this useful): GhostDoc, http://submain.com/products/ghostdoc.aspx — Dirk Vollmar, Apr 07 '10 at 15:35

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 10 '10 at 14:32

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Check out my addin, AtomineerUtils. It does all this and much much more.

(It also supports C++/CLI, C++, C#, Visual Basic and C)

answered Apr 10 '10 at 14:32

Jason Williams

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '10 at 08:33

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Visual Assist ought to help.

answered Apr 09 '10 at 08:33

Hans Passant

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+1/Accepted: Thanks! I'd have preferred a free option, but I'll trial it and if it saves me some time then that's a business case right there :-) – Jon Cage Apr 09 '10 at 09:11

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 07 '10 at 15:22

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I believe if you type a triple slash (///) at the beginning of a method VS will create a block for you. You will have to supply the description of the function and parameters, though. Not sure if there is a way to get it to auto-update.

answered Apr 07 '10 at 15:22

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That's a feature of the C# IDE. The C++ IDE doesn't have it. – Hans Passant Apr 07 '10 at 15:26

Is there any way to get Visual Studio 2008 to update .net style comments automatically?

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