Until a few days ago I was using a trial version of Visual Assist which worked great on my PC. Once I got a license, I reinstalled (after removing & rebooting), the latest version of software:
VA_X.dll file version 10.1.1418.0 built 2005.06.24 VAOpsWin.dll version 1.2.0.4 MSDev.exe version 6.0.8168.2 Devshl.dll version 6.0.8168.0 Devedit.pkg version 6.0.8168.0 Font: Courier -13(Pixels) Comctl32.dll version 5.81.4916.400 WindowsNT 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 Single processor
Since then when coding in C/C++ the reaction of Visual C++ is v-e-r-y v-e-r-y slow. I tried rebooting the PC several times but the problem doesn't solve itself. I have checked the task manager and closed all other applications and verified that MSDEV is the one who's causing the problem.
were you using a trial of 1418? do you have any other plugin's installed?
what happens if you turn off VA's enhanced syntax highlighting?
if you had or use a system level debugger then the registered version of VA should behave differently, but off hand this is the only case i can think of. however in this case the trial version is more limited than the registered version.
How do you turn off VA's enhanced syntax highlighting?
I'm not sure what you mean by "system level debugger" but I can tell you that also when simply writing code, without running the debugger, it is very slow.
if you don't know what i mean by a system level debugger it is probably safe to say you are not using one. the standard example is SoftICE, which is often used by people who are writing drivers.
you can turn of VA's syntax highlighting in VA's options -> Environment -> Fonts and Colors.
if you turn off everything in this section, what effect does this have on the speed of editing?
if you downloaded the trial version of VA recently then it is probably 1418 or 1301. if you have the installer on hand the file name should tell you which version it was.
for what it is worth you should not be having this problem. "all" we have to do is find out the cause of the problem.
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Posted - Nov 06 2005 : 12:52:12 PM
