You might try Mono, or the C# plugin for Eclipse, these are free and pretty powerful.

If you are putting a path in front of the .xml file, eg. c:\MyDocuments\VSProjects\MyProject\bin\, then myproject.xml, you are putting the .xml doc in another place where VS can't see it. The IDE is expecting that the myproject.dll and myproject.xml to be in the same place, ie the output path in the project properties, which is usually bin\Debug or bin\Release. Just put the name of the file, which should be exactly the same name as the project dll except the extention. As for the issue with not having the settings stick, is beyond me. I tried several different approaches this morning and couldn't repeat the problem that you were describing. I do recall a project that gave me the same issue, but when I closed the solution and reopened it, the problem disappeared. I wish that I could be of more assistance. NDoc might be another alternative to use or http://www.csharpwarehouse.com/Code+Bank/471.aspx[^] here are some links that may help you out too: http://weblogs.asp.net/cazzu/archive/2003/12/17/44105.aspx [^]--deals with hardlinks http://www.squiffler.com/squiffler/article.aspx?id=1[^] --deals with doing web comments

You will have to go and apply the settings and reload the project in order the operation to work. Once you reload the project and go to the properties of the Project, you should see everything that you need to update.