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MikeGameDev
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Posted - Jul 16 2014 :  2:44:40 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hello,

I have checked off "Include VA snippets in listboxes" from the VA options menu, but I am still unable to get snippet suggestions to show up.

In C++ projects this works flawlessly. Also my snippet shortcuts do not seem to work either. Namely there is a default snippet in VisualAssist fills a line with forward slashes when the shortcut "///" is typed. I cannot get this snippet to work at all, again in C++ it works perfectly.

Am I forgetting to do something?

To replicate, create a C# Project in VS2012:

Open VS2012 > File > New > New Project > Templates > Other Languages > Visual C# > Console Application > OK

Then if I try to use the "///" snippet, doesn't work.

Here is my VA info:

VA_X.dll file version 10.8.2043.0 built 2014.07.10
DevEnv.exe version 11.0.61030.0 Professional
msenv.dll version 11.0.61030.0
Comctl32.dll version 6.10.7601.17514
Windows 7 6.1 Build 7601 Service Pack 1
4 processors (x86-64, WOW64)
Language info: 1252, 0x1009


Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Michael

Edited by - MikeGameDev on Jul 16 2014 2:54:43 PM

feline
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Posted - Jul 16 2014 :  2:57:04 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Which IDE and version of VA are you using?

In VA Options -> Suggestions, which options are turned On and which are turned Off? VA Snippets are working as expected for me in VS2012, C# with VA 2043, and I have:

VA Options -> Suggestions -> Include suggestions in listboxes = On
VA Options -> Suggestions -> Include bits of code from surrounding lines = Off
VA Options -> Suggestions -> Filter C# completion lists to show only VA suggestions = On
VA Options -> Suggestions -> Include VA Snippets in listboxes = On

One thing to watch for with /// is that if you type this on the line before a comment, the IDE will insert an XML comment block for the function, but if you type this somewhere else then the VA Snippet should be suggested, and work, correctly.

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MikeGameDev
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Posted - Jul 16 2014 :  3:04:14 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
My settings under VA Options -> Suggestions match yours.
I am using VA 2043, Visual Studio 2012 Professional Update 4.

After "///" is typed, the three slashes turn grey, a fourth slash will turn them green again. This doesn't happen in C++ projects, not sure if that is any indication of the problem.
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feline
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Posted - Jul 16 2014 :  3:28:53 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is what I am seeing, using the same IDE and version of VA, working in a .cs file:



the listbox appears virtually instantly, and the tooltip 3 or 4 seconds later, telling me that this is VA Snippet.

Do you have:

VA Options -> Listboxes -> Enable Visual Assist completion, suggestion and member listboxes in C#

turned On or Off? If this is turned Off can you please turn this on. This might be why this is not working for you.

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MikeGameDev
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Posted - Jul 16 2014 :  3:31:14 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
D'oh! I did not have that turned on, turning it on fixed the problem instantly.

Thank you very much for your help!
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feline
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Posted - Jul 16 2014 :  11:11:53 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank you for the update, I am glad it was that simple. Obviously please let me know if you encounter any other problems or have any questions.

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jrdmellow
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Canada
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Posted - Oct 06 2015 :  7:43:02 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sorry to necro this old post but I'm having this exact same problem with snippets, except that "Enable Visual Assist completion, suggestion and member listboxes in C#" is disabled and greyed out (I cannot change the option).

I've never used it with C# before, so I honestly couldn't tell you if it was working at some point or not, but it works fine in C++.

I'm using Visual Studio Community 2015
VA_X.dll file version 10.9.2076.0 built 2015.09.15

Edited by - jrdmellow on Oct 06 2015 7:44:17 PM
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accord
Whole Tomato Software

United Kingdom
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Posted - Oct 07 2015 :  03:49:34 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
jrdmellow, our latest build does not support listboxes in VS2015, sorry about that. The way Visual Studio handles listboxes in C# has changed and since we've experienced problems with listboxes in C#, we've decided to disable them for now.

We're working on this and we will enable the support in our next build.

Sorry for the inconvenience.
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