Help page does not build refernce Models summary.

Question

Currently, we use the MVC default help page feature and enable the XMLPrvider:
config.SetDocumentationProvider(new XmlDocumentationProvider(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/ManagementApi.xml")));
When we access the help page, we didn’t found the Reference Model property summary, the Description column for the Reference Model is Null, because when we build the WebAPI project, it only build its own Models, not build the Reference Model,
So is there anyway can do it, when we build the API project, it also build the Reference Models?

Answer 1

Hi Will,
Thanks for your investigating, I did it like you described. the issue is when we build the
WebApi project, the models which used from the
Reference Project did not build to the xml file, for instance, we have a Web API project called
WebProject, and in the Project we use the TestClass
from the Class Library Project called Models, when we build the
WebProject, the TestClass did not build in the Specified Xml File. so we did not see the Description in the WebAPI help page, Currently, I try to use a workaround to achieve it, below is the link I found, hope to help your understading:
http://aspnetwebstack.codeplex.com/workitem/1720
I set the Models build to another XML file, and use it for the
Provider, It works.