The ASP.NET Documentation Tool creates technical documentation for ASP.NET 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 projects written in VB.NET and C#. The ASP.NET Documentation Tool is based on the popular ASP Documentation Tool, and is intended to the the quickest and most cost effective way of automatically documenting and understanding ASP.NET projects [full list of features]. It is also able to document Windows Forms and Console applications written in .NET.

Documentation is created in standard HTML, Microsoft's HTML Help (shown in screenshot on left) and plain text formats.

The ASP.NET Documentation Tool was voted as first runner-up in the Best .NET Documentation and Help Tools category of the .NET Developer's Journal Readers' Choice Awards 2003.

Sample documentation* produced by the current version of the ASP.NET Documentation Tool for a variety of projects can be seen by choosing the following selection of links:

• SampleWeb.NET (VB.NET & C#) [HTML] [Text] [HTML Help - Full, Class Browser]
• IBuySpy Portal (C#, Visual Studio version) [HTML] [Text] [HTML Help - Full, Class Browser]
• IBuySpy Store (VB.NET, SDK version) [HTML] [Text] [HTML Help - Full, Class Browser]
• Windows application sample documentation may be viewed on the .NET Documentation Tool Samples pages.

Although Visual C#.NET has the ability to create code comment [sample], the ASP.NET Documentation Tools are much more comprehensive.

Downloads

Download the ASP.NET Documentation Tool Evaluation Version (2980K ZIP file).

View the ASP.NET Documentation Tool Documentation (73K .chm file).

The IBuySpy sample web applications may be downloaded from Microsoft's ASP.NET website.

*This sample documentation for the IBuySpy web applications may not be redistributed in any form.