Up until now in VC++, when I want to see everything I do :: . This shows all of my objects. Is there a way to make it like c# so it checks as you type without needing :: . Thanks
I don't know of a free way to do this, but you could check out Visual Assist.
Use Ctrl+Space to force intellisense to display itself.
Intellisense doesn't do a good job sometimes for C++ projects. They've fixed it's problems, but unfortunately the fix is only available in Visual Studio 2010.
The Visual C++ IDE in Visual Studio does not have the option "Show completion list after a character is typed," which is the specific option from C# that you're referring to. However, you can manually bring the completion list up at any point by typing Ctrl+Space
I'm a VA addict. However, Visual Studio comes with Intellisense...? (VA is just waaay better)
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I am writing a program in managed C++ and native C++ using Visual Studio 2008 (Version 9.0.30729.1 SP) and .NET 3.5.
When debugging, Visual Studio displays obviously wrong values for types like size_t and pointers that are native.
Using messageboxes, I can verify that the actual values are correct though.
Is there a way to fix this behaviour?
Here is a screenshot to clarify what I mean:
It seems that switching the Common Language Runtime Support under Configuration Properties from Pure MSIL Common Language Runtime Support (/clr:pure) to Common Language Runtime Support (
/clr) did the trick. I can now view native objects just fine.
Try installing KB957912 (Updates for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 debugging and breakpoints), it may help you.
I don't know what's the type of g_pGame, but it is possible to write extensions for Visual Studio so you can view the values of your custom types. Although that feature is mainly targeted for other use, like you have your own String container and you know it's internal details and you want to simply see the string value in it. So normally it is not for working around misbehavior. Also, writing such extension needs effort, and it won't help the problem with other types. But I want to let you know.
So, I started programming in C++ moving from Java, Eclipse IDE. I use VS 2010 proffessional, I have it for free from DreamSpark.
However, I am very unhappy with its Intellisense, beeing far far worse than Eclipse (its C++ version) has. But almost everywhere on the internet I read that VS has great, superior Intellisense for native C++. So I want to ask, is there any way, some settings to change to make VS intellisense behave simmiliar to Eclipse? Or is there any other functionality in VS intellisense that compensate that?
To be exact, Eclipse intellisense does much better job guessing what object I want to create, suggests includes, generate keywords, generate few common for cycles etc...
I would not even as this question, but I found somuch possitive feedback on native C++ VS 2010 intellisense, so I have feeling I am doing something wrong... Thanks.
If you are writing managed C++ (C++/CLI) there is a post explaining that intellisense is not currently implemented here
As for alternatives you may like visual assist X.
This question has also been answered before on Stackoverflow. Please see below for some alternative answers and suggestions:
No IntelliSense for C++/CLI in Visual Studio 2010?
Im using MS visual studio 2010 PRoofessional version , and in both languages I'm using (C++ and UnrealScript with Nfringe ) there seems to be no auto complete , also with the nfringe there is no auto indentation either .
I was wondering how to fix this?
Most probably you accidentally switched into low-impact IntelliSense mode by pressing
CTRL+ALT+SPACE Just hit CTRL+ALT+SPACE to go back to the IntelliSense mode.
Are you writing a totally unmanaged C++ dll? There is no intellisense support for CLI/C++ projects in VS 2010
I have actually problems with C++ and Intellisense since VC6...
We now use Whole Tomatoes "Visual Assist" and it repairs Intellisense. :-) This single feature is the money worth.
When you open the solution file, do you get a warning about being unable to open the IntelliSense database? If so, that's the reason—UnrealEngine intentionally has a directory with the same name as the IntelliSense database to prevent its creation (Visual Studio can't create a file if a directory of the same name already exists). The engine code base is so large that having IntelliSense enabled slows everything to a crawl when you're editing code.
I'm also using Unreal Engine, and I met the same problem before, the solution was set the dirs by myself in VS project setting.
Open the property window of ur game project(e.g UDKGame), navigate to "NMake", "Include Search Path", and fill the needed header search path there.
You may copy the path list from the output of UnrealBuildTool.
The values u set here is only used by Visual Studio's IntelliSense, so there's no need to worry about build error.
This only works for C++, I'm not sure what's wrong with Unreal Script. I just updated to Visual Studio 2010 and has not installed the new nFringe.
Hope this answer is not too late
I would like to enable the IntelliSense 'auto' feature (like the Visual Studio C# 2008 Express) but I am using Visual Studio C++ 2008 Express Edition and in the Tools > Options > Text Editor > C/C++ (there is no option 'IntelliSense' (like Visual C#). How do I get this feature enabled? I know I can get a shortcut in place (CTRL-space etc...)? But how do I get it automatically (the drop down menu)?
In C++, IntelliSense is turned on by default (and AFAIK there isn't even an official way to turn it off). However, when you're coming from C#, you might think it's turned off, because it's so much less powerful in C++. (The reason for this is that C++ is much, much harder to parse. You can find more information on the subject here and here.)
Visual Assist improves C++ considerably (although it might not be all that considerably when you're used to C#), but I don't think you can install plugins in the express edition.
This should be enabled by default. But sometimes for C++ projects it stops working.
Is there a .NCB file in your project folder? If so, close your solution, delete that file, and then re-open your solution and do a rebuild.
I use VC++ 2008 Express Edition as my primary environment. All I can say is that sometimes Intellisense works wonderfully, sometimes it doesn't work at all. The Intellisense parser seems to be slow as can be and stumbles over a lot of cases, especially when templates are involved. Sadly, I just don't think you can count on it being consistently available.
One thing that sometimes helps when intellisense doesn't do what it should, is to delete the .ncb file in the project folder in order to force VS to rebuild the internal database (close VS before deleting the file).
Two somewhat unrelated questions:
Sometimes when I am working on a C++ project in Visual Studio 2008 Express, intellisense just does not want to "work" even though it really should. Auto completion box does not show and status bar says something along the lines of: "Intellisense: No further information is available".
Sometimes it can be fixed by either rebuilding the solution or re-opening the solution, and sometimes even that doesn't work. Is this a known problem? If so: are there any known fixes?
Is there any C++ IDE for Linux that has compatibility with MSVC++'s .sln files? I sometimes want to work on some project without having to go through the hassle of creating a new project and adding the files or manually creating a Make file.
edit:
To answer my own questions:
Apparently there's no real fix other than to try and delete the .ncb file. Alternative would be a different IDE or to use a commercial package replacing intellisense.
Code::Blocks seems to be able to open Visual Studio files. Or at least import them easily.
I posted these together as they both related to visual studio and I didn't deem them important enough to both deserve their own topic.
Do think the downvote is a little harsh though!
Intellisense failing is usually because of a "corrupt" ncb file. The usual solution is to delete it.
Reportly the next version VS 2010 will not be using ncb files anymore.
I've actually had some luckk opening .sln files using Monodevelop.
To avoid creating the Make files by hand try CMake
To answer your second question, there is no way to open .sln files in anything other than Visual Studio. They're a proprietary file type that (it seems) no one has any interest in writing a parser for.
You can however use Visual Studio to generate a makefile automatically. Just use the "Projects > Export Makefile" menu command in Visual Studio.