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Configuring Visual Studio 2008 to edit legacy JScript ASP files.

I'm working on a project that combines .NET with some legacy ASP code via COM interop. The legacy ASP is written in JScript - files look like this helloworld.asp example. <%@Language="JScript"%> <html> <head> <title>Jscript ASP Page</title> </head> <body> <h1>JScript ASP</h1> <p>This is JScript ASP at <%=new Date()%></p> <% va...

Bug in intellisense - how to report to Microsoft?

I found a bug in the method stub generation of Visual Studio intellisense. class A { } class B : A { A a; void f() { a.NewMethod(); } } When I choose "Generate Method Stub" on a.NewMethod(), I should get a public method. Instead, intellisense confuses itself and creates a protected method for me. The compiler correctly compla...

SQL Server Management Studio 2008 Intellisense

I just installed SQL Server Express 2008 because of intellisense feature. It worked at first but than it stopped working. Looking for the option to check and later consulting Google I have found that it looks like Microsoft disabled intellisense if you connect to SQL Server 2005 databases. Is this absolutely correct ? Is there any solu...

How can I switch on Intellisense and code hints in C++ Builder 2009?

I've just installed CodeGear Studio 2009 and I didn`t find where I can put the Intellisense and code hints on. And, by the way, in Visual Studio we can indent selected blocks of code in the same way. How can I use similar functions in CodeGear? Any ideas about that? ...

How get VS HTML editor to default to single quotes?

Autocompletion in the Visual Studio HTML editor inserts double quotes (e.g. <input type="text"). Does anyone know if there's a setting that will change the default to automatically insert single quotes (e.g. <input type='text')? thanks, Michael ...

Anyone found a PowerShell Syntax highlighting or IntelliSense plugin for Visual Studio?

Has anyone found a plugin for Visual Studio to allow for PowerShell syntax highlighting or IntelliSense? If not, does anyone have any idea why not? I keep hoping someone else with copious free time would have tackled this by now. I have hope since other folks have managed to take the limited documentation and build custom IntelliSense p...

Is there a way in .NET to make your overload of a method appear first in the Intellisense dropdown?

In a form, I added an overload of ShowDialog(). In Visual Studio, this overload shows up in Intellisense as the third version. How can I make my overloaded function appear as #1 (i.e. the default)? ...

Is there any way to 'hide' a JavaScript file from IntelliSense in Visual Studio 2008?

I have a third party JavaScript plug-in but including the file breaks IntelliSense for jQuery amongst other things. The only way I can get IntelliSense back working with jQuery is by commenting out the plug-in. Is there a way I can hide the plug-in file from the IntelliSense parser? ...

reference path re javascript intellisense

I am trying to get intellisense in VS2008 in a js file, foo.js, from anther js library/file I've written but cannot figure out the reference path ?syntax?/?string? The library is in a file called common.js which is in the same folder as foo.js I'm working on. Here's the paths I've tried... /// <reference path="../../scripts/common.js"...

How can I prevent a public class that provides extension methods from appearing in Intellisense?

Is there any way to 'hide' the name of a class, whose sole purpose is to provide extension methods, from Intellisense? I would like to remove the class name from the Intellisense list but need the extension methods of the class to be available to external assemblies via Intellisense in the usual way. ...

Custom intellisense for server controls?

Can you program/configure Visual Studio to produce custom intellisense for your own server controls. eg can you get it to do this: for a tag of your own like: <MyCompany:MyTag ... ...

How to get JQuery Intellisense in a .js file? (Visual Studio)

Hello, I am using JQuery extensively in my latest project. I have put my javascript content in a separate .js file, and am referencing that file in my HTML page. I get jquery intellisense support in visual studio, but I don't know how to refer the jquery file in my new javascript file so that I can get jquery intellisense there to. I am...

Intellisense support for JQuery in vs 2008 isn't working

I've followed every steps in here, but still, the Intellisense for JQuery simply isn't working, any ideas? ...

Visual Studio 2005 Intellisense with Rhino Mocks

The Rhino Mocks download comes with a "Rhino.Mocks.xml" file that apparently adds Intellisense for Rhino Mocks. What do you need to do with this file in order to get it to work? ...

Flex intellisense forgets flash.*

I am using Eclipse 3.3.2 with the Flex Builder Plugin (3.0.194161) and the Flex SDK 3.2. Recently the intellisense has started forgetting about everything in the flash.* package EXCEPT flash.errors.* The code still compiles, but attempting to automatically resolve something (CTRL+SPACE) removes any of the flash.* import statements and t...

Has anyone used / developed an auto-complete textbox for editing formulas?

I am interested in implementing an html textbox that has auto-complete capability which supplies suggestions for mathematical functions. My goal is to be able to have a text area where a user enters a series of equations and for each variable they can select from a library of functions and custom formulas. Basically this would be intell...

Why doesn't VS 2008 display extension methods in Intellisense for String class

Since String implements IEnumerable<char>, I was expecting to see the Enumerable extension methods in Intellisense, for example, when typing the period in String s = "asdf"; s. I was expecting to see .Select<char>(...), .ToList<char>(), etc. I was then suprised to see that the extension methods do in fact work on the string class, the...

Schema changes not updating in Intellisense in SQL 2008 (SSMS)

I've notice an issue - it feels like a bug but I suspect a 'feature' - in SSMS in SQL Server 2008. I have various tabs open, for example an alter table script in one table and a SProc that queries that table in another tab, and when I execute my Alter Table script the changes are not reflected in Intellisense in the other tab. I can cr...

Weird intellisense behavior with private constructor

Example: public class Name { public string FirstName { get; private set; } public string LastName { get; private set; } private Name() { } public Name(string firstName, string lastName) { FirstName = firstName; LastName = lastName; } } When trying to instantiate this c# class, intellisense sh...

Internet and Intellisense bad for your memory?

Having programmed for a while now I have noticed that I am becoming more and more reliant on the internet and intellisense to do my job. But I was wondering how much that has effected my knowledge over the past year or so. But does this matter? For example I am more likely now to remember that when I need to program against objects I ha...