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                | endian675 | 
                Posted - Aug 02 2007 : 06:00:14 AM  Hi
  I have a strange problem with Intellisense on variables.  When I press the "." key to get the list of members, the listview pops-up for a fraction of a second, then disappears.  If I delete the "." and type it again the listview usually, but not always, appears.  Within three or four tries it usually works.
  I have the "Get content from default Intellisense" enabled, but changing that option doesn't fix the problem.
  Here's the About info:
  VA_X.dll file version 10.3.1559.0  built 2007.07.06 Licensed to:   VA X: [elided] (1-user license) Support ends 2008.03.28 VAOpsWin.dll version 1.3.2.4 VATE.dll version 1.0.5.8 DevEnv.exe version 8.0.50727.42 msenv.dll version 8.0.50727.42 Font: Tahoma 11(Pixels) Comctl32.dll version 5.81.4968.2500 Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 2 processors
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                | feline | 
                Posted - Aug 02 2007 : 09:13:29 AM  This is very odd.
  I have emailed you about this. | 
              
              
                | endian675 | 
                Posted - Aug 02 2007 : 09:06:31 AM  Disabling the Context/Definition fields does seem to remove the problem.  Also, I was unable to reproduce the issue in the simple console app as suggested.  However, I am able to reproduce it in a range of other projets, both simple and complex. | 
              
              
                | feline | 
                Posted - Aug 02 2007 : 08:27:33 AM  Can you try turning off:
  VA Options -> Advanced -> General -> View Context and Definition fields
  and see if this makes any difference?  This will hide these two fields that you are seeing flicker.
  Can you try making a new, default C# console project, and see if you see the same problem there, using just basic code, e.g.
 
 void TestListAfterDot()
{
    string name;
    name.|
}
  I am wondering if somehow something in your current project is confusing VA. | 
              
              
                | endian675 | 
                Posted - Aug 02 2007 : 07:58:58 AM  I've just noticed something else that might help.  It seems that the the problem occurs the first time I move to a particular line and try "."/Ctrl-space.  I think it's connected to the two drop-down combo boxes that Visual Assist adds below the editor's tabs.  I see them flicker, with the name of the file/method/variable appearing, then being replaced with a "u" character, then back to file/method/variable and then back to "u".  When I successfully get the Intellisense listview to appear, the combo boxes are filled in correctly, when I don't they contain the "u" character (and it is a "u", not an accented non-ASCII character). | 
              
              
                | endian675 | 
                Posted - Aug 02 2007 : 07:49:27 AM  I'm using C#, no other add-ins installed.
  Pressing Ctrl-Space gives the same behaviour - sometimes it appears, other times it doesn't.
  I've seen this problem on both windows 2000 and windows xp, incidentally.  It can occur or any of my projects, regardless of size. | 
              
              
                | feline | 
                Posted - Aug 02 2007 : 07:17:55 AM  Which programming language are you working in? Do you have any other addin's installed?
  I recall seeing something similar, but that bug was fixed a couple of builds ago.
  If you position the caret after the dot and press CTRL-SPACE does this make any difference? |