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dim0n
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 Posted - Jun 22 2004 : 10:50:26 AM
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| I use VAX 1239 with .NET 2003 (7.1.3088) and I experience problems with text coloring in editor window (other windows like tooltips and list boxes are ok). I also tried 1237, 1230 -- same problems. There is almost no advanced coloring or sometimes it becomes weird for a moment, like functions colored as variables and so on. Is it a common problem and does anybody know how to deal with it? |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Jun 22 2004 : 11:41:12 AM
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if you create a free account at www.photobucket.com then you can use this to host a screen shot showing the problem, which you can then link to from here. without a better idea of what you mean, it is hard to comment.
there is a bug in 1239 where some variables are coloured as methods. |
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dim0n
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Posted - Jun 22 2004 : 12:42:35 PM
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feline, thanks for idea. Here are my screenshots:
f is a local variable but sometimes it is colored like a keyword.
only a couple of variables are colored. functions, macros, types are not.
sometimes p colored as a variable sometime is not colored at all
note that other VA windows are colored well
here is the complete mess. macros should be brown, keywords/types should be blue, variables should be gray.
and please also note that these colors may blink or change to other in a moment. sometimes even parts of a single word have different colors. |
Edited by - WannabeeDeveloper on Aug 02 2004 1:07:54 PM |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19014 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2004 : 6:16:06 PM
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*um*
yep, *um* definitely sums it up.
you seem to have an odd background colour. i am using a pale blue background, which is set globally via display properties, and i don't have any problems like this.
i know from what others have said that setting a dark background in VS can cause problems with syntax highlighting. so, is this your global windows background colour, or have you set this specifically in VS? |
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Stephen
Tomato Guru
United Kingdom
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Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 04:21:55 AM
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| I have a similar background, in fact a bit darker, and I don't get any such problems. I think the problem with dark backgrounds is just that light text can't be seen in tooltips etc. |
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dim0n
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Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 08:48:58 AM
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| i set this "light gray" background color in VS settings. i have the same color settings in VC6 and there is no such a problem. there is defenitely a bug somwhere in VAX, i can imagine that changing of a background color may result in invalid but consistent coloring. in my case there is something weird like one variable is gray on one line and brown on another. |
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support
Whole Tomato Software
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Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 9:47:40 PM
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Try "Use Defaults" in Tools|Options|Environment|Fonts and Colors. Redo your custom changes. This makes all settings inside the IDE know about current colors.
If the problem remains, tell us if you have a localized IDE.
Try build 1240 as well.
http://www.wholetomato.com/downloads/VA_X_Setup1240.exe |
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dim0n
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Posted - Jun 26 2004 : 03:39:04 AM
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| unfortunately changing color and font stettings to default didn't help, build 1240 didn't help either. my Windows and IDE are not localized. |
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Admin
Whole Tomato Software
USA
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Posted - Jun 26 2004 : 2:41:34 PM
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There is something unusual about your IDE which make it paint differently from ones we have tested. One example to change behavior is to install an East Asian Language Pack. Another is to change background color. Another is to edit a file of a particular type.
Have you installed any options to the default IDE installation?
Interested in trying a fresh install of the IDE? |
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spectecjr
Ketchup Master
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2004 : 6:15:28 PM
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Originally posted by Admin
There is something unusual about your IDE which make it paint differently from ones we have tested. One example to change behavior is to install an East Asian Language Pack. Another is to change background color. Another is to edit a file of a particular type.
Have you installed any options to the default IDE installation?
Interested in trying a fresh install of the IDE?
What I'm wondering is how come painting all works correctly in VA 6.0, but suddenly doesn't work right in VAX?
Can't you guys go back to the old way you did painting? After all, it works, it's tried and tested code, and at least from the perspective of what you see on-screen, there's no difference in functionality. |
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support
Whole Tomato Software
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Posted - Jun 28 2004 : 8:53:44 PM
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"Suddenly" is probably not the right word. Much has changed for many reasons, including support for multiple IDEs. Long story...
Anything you recall unusual about your IDE setup? |
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spectecjr
Ketchup Master
USA
64 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2004 : 2:57:45 PM
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Originally posted by support
"Suddenly" is probably not the right word. Much has changed for many reasons, including support for multiple IDEs. Long story...
Anything you recall unusual about your IDE setup?
Absolutely nothing unusual at all. It's a standard install on Windows XP Pro. I've tested on Windows XP Pro with SP1, Windows XP Pro with SP2 all the way through to RC2. About the only possible special things are that it has the DirectX extensions installed, and is an upgrade from VS.NET 2002 to VS.NET 2003.
Other than that, it's the standard US VS.NET 2003 install.
VA 6.0 works fine on all of these systems - with the same color scheme. |
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support
Whole Tomato Software
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Posted - Jun 30 2004 : 12:55:27 PM
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We suspect the unusual coloring is due to IDE behavior we do not expect. The OS is not likely the culprit.
The IDE has numerous ways to color -- and it switches between them often. Your IDE displays in a way VA X does not catch.
VA 6.0 could be fine -- it works in a different IDE, for one. VC++ 6.0 isn't so ugly. That said, much has changed between VA 6.0 and VA X as well.
Any coworkers with the problem? |
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spectecjr
Ketchup Master
USA
64 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2004 : 04:00:06 AM
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Originally posted by support
We suspect the unusual coloring is due to IDE behavior we do not expect. The OS is not likely the culprit.
The IDE has numerous ways to color -- and it switches between them often. Your IDE displays in a way VA X does not catch.
VA 6.0 could be fine -- it works in a different IDE, for one. VC++ 6.0 isn't so ugly. That said, much has changed between VA 6.0 and VA X as well.
Any coworkers with the problem?
No coworkers with the problem - I'm the only one who uses Visual Assist... but I have tested this on four different machines now.
BTW: WHen I said VA 6.0 I meant VA.NET - sorry for the confusion. VA.NET works fine on these systems. |
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arnetheduck
New Member
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Posted - Jul 21 2004 : 03:03:22 AM
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I can confirm this bug, happens to me as well, all windows apart from the editor window are being drawn with nice colors. Sometimes small parts of the lines drawn show their correct color, but it disappears when scrolling or switching application.
Unfortunately I had not been using VS.NET for a few days when the bug appeared, so I cannot pinpoint any single upgrade or install I did, but it might have been a video driver upgrade, although I'm reluctant to downgrade as the driver installs are not very forgiving...
The computer is a hp nc4000 running windows xp with the latest service packs/upgrades and version 8.003.3-040515A-016016C of the video drivers from the hp.com support page, please tell me if there's anything else I can do as this bug is fairly annoying...
Here's my info (email edited), although it happened with a slightly earlier version as well(1239 or 1242, don't remember):
VA_X.dll file version 10.0.1244.0
Licensed to:
VA X:
VA.NET 7.1: [email protected] (1-user license)
VAOpsWin.dll version 1.0.0.44
DevEnv.exe version 7.10.3077.0
msenv.dll version 7.10.3077.0
Font: Courier New 13(Pixels)
Comctl32.dll version 5.82.2800.1106
WindowsNT 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1
Single processor
Platform: Win32
Stable Includes:
C:\\Documents\\VCProjects\\Include\\stlport;
C:\\Documents\\VCProjects\\Include\\wtl71;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\include;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\atlmfc\\include;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\PlatformSDK\\include\\prerelease;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\PlatformSDK\\include;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\SDK\\v1.1\\include;
Library Includes:
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\atlmfc\\src\\mfc;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\atlmfc\\src\\atl;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\crt\\src;
Other Includes:
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arnetheduck
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Posted - Aug 02 2004 : 12:33:04 PM
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WannabeeDeveloper
Tomato Guru
Germany
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Posted - Aug 02 2004 : 1:16:40 PM
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Uhm...
I think I still have some variables colored wrong (in the screenshot, notice the wrong colored "hInstance", which should be colored "dirty blue" instead of "shiny blue". Compare it with the variable "iccex", which is colored right.
No steps to reproduce, cause I didn't do anything to make it show "hInstance" wrongly colored...
spectecjr, arnetheduck, dim0n:
Did I understand your problem?
Is this your problem? Sometimes wrong colored variables?
Sometimes coloring completely messed up?
Logfile mailed to support, lets kick this bugger out the door!
case=192
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Edited by - WannabeeDeveloper on Aug 02 2004 1:37:45 PM |
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arnetheduck
New Member
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Posted - Aug 03 2004 : 09:05:08 AM
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No, that's not the issue...
The issue is that there's no syntax highlighting going on at all other than the default one that comes with vs.net (black for text, blue for keywords and green for comments), and this happens only in the editor window (i e the dropdowns, tooltips etc are just fine)...
dimOn's screen shots illustrate the issue thoroughly (although I have the standard white for background...)
Edit: Actually, it seems like the va drawing is being overdrawn by vs, sometimes when you scroll or move the cursor, some of the va coloring shows for a few secs until you move again... |
Edited by - arnetheduck on Aug 03 2004 10:37:37 AM |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19014 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2004 : 6:23:22 PM
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arnetheduck do you have any other programs installed that might be effecting how VS and VAX are updating the screen? windowblinds is a possible example, but i run it without any problems.
thankfully i have never seen the effect you are reporting. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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support
Whole Tomato Software
5566 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2004 : 7:35:57 PM
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arnetheduck: You have a good clue. It could be the IDE is drawing atop what VA X draws.
In this case, we will ask for a log if you don't mind helping a bit. Enable logging on the performance tab of our options dialog. Scroll to make VA X colors, then IDE colors appear. Exit your IDE. Zip and send c:\\va.log to [email protected] |
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arnetheduck
New Member
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Posted - Aug 06 2004 : 07:11:44 AM
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| Log sent. |
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tscott1213
Starting Member
USA
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Posted - Sep 10 2004 : 10:46:42 AM
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So, is there an answer for this?
I am having the same problem.
It looks like the IDE is overwriting the VA colors.
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Edited by - tscott1213 on Sep 10 2004 11:23:16 AM |
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