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JustinG
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 Posted - Jan 06 2018 : 5:06:19 PM
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Hello, in order to reduce slowdown I followed the guide here:
http://support.wholetomato.com/default.asp?W133
To switch off default intellisense.
However after noticing all color formatting was removed along with it, I reverted the changes but now I am permanently left with this error:
https://i.gyazo.com/f90ac4900cb5dd77c7ae3ea3c97c01a4.png
I have tried deleting the multiple types of files, switching back and fourth from VAX to default, changing the other VA settings, etc.
Any ideas on what might have happened and how I can get regular intellisense going again?
(Note I mainly want it for the colors. I'm perfectly fine with VAX intellisense as long as I can get the default color formatting)
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Edited by - JustinG on Jan 06 2018 5:07:46 PM |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
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Posted - Jan 08 2018 : 06:09:26 AM
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Which IDE are you using? Which steps did you follow? There are different instructions for different versions of the IDE, since the different IDE's require different steps. Simply turning off the IDE intellisense in the VS2010 (or above) options dialog should not produce this error message.
Is VA active in any of your code files? Are you seeing the VA context and definition fields at the top of the editor windows? This is where the alt-m list appears. Assuming you have:
VA Options -> Coloring and Attributes -> Enable Enhanced Syntax Coloring
turned On, and VA is active in your code files, then VA should be applying its own syntax colouring even with the IDE intellisense fully disabled, so the fact you are not getting any colouring at all is also strange. |
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JustinG
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Posted - Jan 08 2018 : 10:45:37 AM
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Hi feline. Sorry, I just realize my post is not super clear.
I will clarify now:
- Using VS2015
- VS intellisense doesn't work when VAX is disabled, but when VAX is enabled, using VAX listboxes or default intellisense both seem to make intellisense work.
- Error appears on startup whether VAX is enabled or not, and VS will no longer use color formatting or intellisense on it's own.
- Trying to at least get VS color formatting back, find VAX color formatting to be extremely limited
1. I switched to VAX Enhanced Listboxes.
2. In Options>TextEditor>C++>Advanced I changed RescanSolutionInterval to 0, and DisableDatabase to true
3. With VS intelligent switched off, I turned on VAX color formatting and adjusted the colors to my liking.
I then realized how severely limited VAX colors were and desperately wanted the original VS colors back.
1. I reverted the above changes (Listboxes=DefaultIntellisense, RescanSolutionInterval=60, DisableDatabase=false)
2. I now get the above error message no matter what I do.
What I meant above was that all I care for is the default VS color formatting as it distinguishes between different variable types and such. VAX just sort of colors everything the same which defeats the purpose imo.
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
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Posted - Jan 11 2018 : 4:02:39 PM
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Thank you for the details, I now have a better sense of what is happening here.
First a "stupid" question, have you tried a reboot to see if this makes any difference? A "hung" background IDE process could be locking the intellisense database file, which would explain why you are getting an error message saying you don't have access to it. If so, a reboot, and then making sure to only open a single instance of the IDE should help.
Does this make any difference?
If you make a new, default project in the IDE, is the IDE intellisense colouring showing up as expected in this solution? I am wondering if the problem is solution specific or happening across more than one solution. |
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JustinG
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Posted - Jan 12 2018 : 3:03:32 PM
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Hey feline, I found a solution.
I restarted my computer and everything worked!
Just kidding. As per your suggestion I made a new project and the problem persisted, so it was a problem with the IDE itself.
After finding the Tools>Import/Export settings, I backed up my settings, reset VS settings and voila, problem solved!
As I test I re-imported the old settings and it was erroring again, so yup, just a simple settings problem. Thankfully I can import specific settings I want so now I'm all good to go!
Turned out to be an easy fix, but thanks for your time anyway! :)
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
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Posted - Jan 12 2018 : 4:41:33 PM
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| Thank you for the update, that is a little strange. I have never seen IDE settings result in a problem like this before, but at least it has now been fixed, and you can recover all of the other IDE settings that you want. |
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Default Intellisense broken after switching to VAX
