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edl_si
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - Mar 13 2014 : 06:39:40 AM
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Hi,
With regard to the fix in the latest release "VS2013: Fixed occasional loss of Visual Assist C++ syntax coloring after file first opened. (case=79828)"
I used to have this problem intermittently, since upgrading to the latest VA version on one of my machines I have lost the VA colouring entirely and can't seem to get it back whatever I do (clearing cache, rebuilding database etc)
The colouring appears correctly when you first open a file but will then disappear after a few seconds.
Colouring also appears for lines of code in which there are currently build errors, and then as soon as you fix the error the colouring disappears again.
VAX version: 10.8.2029.0
Visual Studio 2013 Pro Update 1
Language C++ |
Edited by - edl_si on Mar 13 2014 06:52:17 AM |
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edl_si
Junior Member
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2014 : 06:43:03 AM
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| Should also add this only seems to be occurring in the text editor, the colouring in the VA navigation bar for example works (with the preference set to turn that on, as it isn't by default) |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19024 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2014 : 6:17:03 PM
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I recently encountered the same problem here, and in the end I was able to fix this by going into:
IDE tools menu -> Extensions and Updates...
and disabling VA, restarting VS2013, then enabling VA again. Can you try the same test please, and see if this fixes the problem for you?
Do you have any ideas of what might have prompted this problem? Have you recently installed an update for VS2013 for example? |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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edl_si
Junior Member
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2014 : 2:40:31 PM
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That does indeed fix it.
I cannot think of anyy cause for this starting, if it happens again I'll see if I can figure it out. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19024 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2014 : 1:16:50 PM
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| Thank you for the update, I am glad this fixed your problem. I don't think anyone else has reported this problem yet, so I an not sure where to look for a possible trigger. Hopefully this was a one off problem, and you won't see it again. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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csystems
Starting Member
USA
1 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2014 : 2:20:23 PM
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| Just to note I am also having this problem. The fix of disable and enable did fix it but I don't know that it did so permanently. I been fighting the problem off and on for a couple weeks now. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19024 Posts |
Posted - Mar 24 2014 : 1:48:17 PM
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| Apologies for this problem. I have only ever seen this the once, so I am not sure why you are seeing this reappear. Are you regularly installing, uninstalling or updating extensions in your IDE? Are you aware of anything that might be a trigger for this problem? If you have been seeing this over a couple of weeks it suggests this is happening every 2 or 3 days, which is very surprising. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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weskeene
New Member
USA
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Posted - Mar 25 2014 : 08:55:44 AM
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| I just had this issue happen to me as well on a brand spanking new VS13 install on Windows 8.1. The disable/reboot/enable/reboot fixed it here, as well. It seems like turning VA off and on bumps it up to the top of a list of extension priorities or something. Just a guess. Hopefully it won't break on me again in a week or two. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19024 Posts |
Posted - Mar 25 2014 : 1:19:36 PM
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Thank you for the update, what ever is causing this is not just a one off problem. Next time either of you see this problem can you please post the list of installed extensions. On a full install of VS2013 with VA I have the following extensions listed:
Behaviors SDK (XAML)
Microsoft Advertising pubCenter Service for Visual Studio
Microsoft Advertising SDK for WIndows 8.1
Microsoft ASP.NET and Web Tools
Microsoft Visual Studio ASP.NET MVC 5 Scaffolding
NuGet Package Manager for Visual Studio 2013
Visual Assist
Visual F# 3.1
Visual Studio Extensions for Windows LIbrary for JavaScript
if you have a different list, then there may be a common element that will offer a clue. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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weskeene
New Member
USA
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Posted - Mar 25 2014 : 3:22:15 PM
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I have:
Behaviors SDK (XAML)
Microsoft Advertising pubCenter blah blah
Microsoft Advertising SDK ...
Microsoft Visual Studio ASP.NET MVC5 Scaffolding
Microsoft Web Developer Tools
NuGet Package Manager for Visual Studio 2013
Visual Assist
Visual F# 3.1
Visual Studio Extensions for Windows Library ...
Wix Toolset
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accord
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Mar 31 2014 : 5:44:41 PM
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For those of you C++ users, there is also a permanent fix (kind of workaround) for this. Just set the below setting to true:
Disable Semantic Colorization = True
I don't know any similar setting for C#. |
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Loss of colouring in VS13
