Using Intellisense without definig any project???

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Henri - 10 Jul 2004 01:53 GMT

I've just bought Visual Basic .NET and I'm really disappointed.
Since then, I was using Web Matrix that I thought good but it lacked
Intellisense.
But I can't stand VB .NET projects system. I want to arrange my files like I
want and I don't want an IDE to create files everywhere without asking.
If only I could edit my files separately with Intellisense but it seems that
it's not possible without defining a project and letting VB .NET create all
its files as it wants.
Do you have any tip so that I can simply enable Intellisense when I edit a
.vb file?
Thanks
Henri

Reply to this Message

Lau Lei Cheong - 10 Jul 2004 02:54 GMT

Err... I think you could use Windows Explorer(i.e.: My Computer) to open the
folder, right click it can click "Edit with VS.NET 2003"(or it sould be
VB.NET in you case?)
However, it seems that you won't be able to compile in the IDE unless you
include it in a project.
(That's what I did for my .java files...)

> I've just bought Visual Basic .NET and I'm really disappointed.
> Since then, I was using Web Matrix that I thought good but it lacked
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Thanks
> Henri

Reply to this Message

Christoph Nahr - 10 Jul 2004 07:39 GMT

>Err... I think you could use Windows Explorer(i.e.: My Computer) to open the
>folder, right click it can click "Edit with VS.NET 2003"(or it sould be
>VB.NET in you case?)

I don't think editing in VS is the problem... he's asking about
IntelliSense specifically. Visual Studio is weird in that you don't
get IntelliSense unless a file is actually part of a project for the
language you want to get IntelliSense on. No workaround known.

Signature

http://www.kynosarges.de

Reply to this Message

Bill Jackson - 22 Jul 2004 16:29 GMT

I also find this incredibly annoying. However, there is a company calle
http://www.wholetomato.com/ that sells a product called visual assist X.
There is a free trial and I HIGHLY recommend it. It solves this problem
as well as generally enhancing all of the intellisense and color coding
in the IDE.

Check it out.

Bill

>>Err... I think you could use Windows Explorer(i.e.: My Computer) to open the
>>folder, right click it can click "Edit with VS.NET 2003"(or it sould be
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> get IntelliSense unless a file is actually part of a project for the
> language you want to get IntelliSense on. No workaround known.

Reply to this Message

Christoph Nahr - 23 Jul 2004 07:37 GMT

>I also find this incredibly annoying. However, there is a company calle
>http://www.wholetomato.com/ that sells a product called visual assist X.
>There is a free trial and I HIGHLY recommend it. It solves this problem
>as well as generally enhancing all of the intellisense and color coding
>in the IDE.

VAX is good, I'm using it myself -- but it actually does something
else. IntelliSense offers suggestions based on a semantic context
analysis and with documentation pop-ups. VAX does no semantic
analysis, it just offers autocompletion for what you're typing. The
two are complementing each other, VA doesn't replace or enhance IS.

Signature

http://www.kynosarges.de

Reply to this Message

Lau Lei Cheong - 23 Jul 2004 08:04 GMT

Just curious about one thing.

When we input our code in VS.NET, if the popup appears when you entering the
".",
you know that the object is referenced in the right way.

Does VAX still show the popup if there's something wrong in
referencing?(e.g.: when missing "using"/"import" statement)

> >I also find this incredibly annoying. However, there is a company calle
> >http://www.wholetomato.com/ that sells a product called visual assist X.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> analysis, it just offers autocompletion for what you're typing. The
> two are complementing each other, VA doesn't replace or enhance IS.

Reply to this Message

Christoph Nahr - 23 Jul 2004 09:58 GMT

As I just said, VAX does NOT do any semantics analysis so you get no
popup whatsoever from VAX when entering a dot. Visual Assist simply
ignores any using/import statements (though C++ headers are parsed).

You have to start typing an identifier or string, then VAX will pop up
auto-completion based on similar text in your project and in the
Framework assemblies (i.e. any of them, referenced or not).

>Just curious about one thing.
>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>Does VAX still show the popup if there's something wrong in
>referencing?(e.g.: when missing "using"/"import" statement)

Signature

http://www.kynosarges.de

Reply to this Message

Using Intellisense without definig any project???

Free Magazines