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I am using MSVS C++ Express 2008. Right now my intellisense only works for objects that have methods or arguments in a method. Is it possible to set it where it detects declared constants and varibles that are within scope. Thanks

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It should work when you hover over a constant, or any variable for that matter. It should show you the definition. I'm not sure if there are any feature differences between the Express and "real" versions, but I don't believe so.

Some things to try:

  1. Do a rebuild of the solution.
  2. Restart VS.
  3. There is a file in your solution root directory with an ".ncb" extension. Delete it and restart VS. This forces VS to rebuild the Intellisense database.

Intellisense is notoriously flakey...

I am working from a empty project. I only have 1 source file. which contains the main method. I dont know the proper term. but when I mean intellisense, I mean as in it auto detects variables and I can select it and it write out the rest of the word.
numerical25
Try `<Ctrl> + <Space>`.
That works. What about doing it automatically ??
numerical25
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