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<paramref> (Visual Basic)

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Formats a word as a parameter.

Syntax

XML 
<paramref name="name"/>

Parameters

name
The name of the parameter to refer to. Enclose the name in double quotation marks (" ").

Remarks

The <paramref> tag gives you a way to indicate that a word is a parameter. The XML file can be processed to format this parameter in some distinct way.

Compile with -doc to process documentation comments to a file.

Example

This example uses the <paramref> tag to refer to the id parameter.

VB 
''' <param name="id">The ID of the record to update.</param>
''' <remarks>Updates the record <paramref name="id"/>.
''' <para>Use <see cref="DoesRecordExist"/> to verify that
''' the record exists before calling this method.</para>
''' </remarks>
Public Sub UpdateRecord(ByVal id As Integer)
    ' Code goes here.
End Sub
''' <param name="id">The ID of the record to check.</param>
''' <returns><c>True</c> if <paramref name="id"/> exists,
''' <c>False</c> otherwise.</returns>
''' <remarks><seealso cref="UpdateRecord"/></remarks>
Public Function DoesRecordExist(ByVal id As Integer) As Boolean
    ' Code goes here.
End Function

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