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DAngel
Junior Member

United Kingdom
13 Posts
Posted - Jul 01 2004 :  07:00:54 AM  Show Profile
Build 1240

This one is starting to annoy me. Sometimes when i open dev studio (well most of the time with 1240 now) the VA View appears as a black area to the right of the code window - i.e. just black, no title bars etc. Repeated closing/opening of devstudio is required (plus fiddling with VisualAssistX->Tools->VA View) until it majically draws correctly and i'm able to grab hold of it and dock it with the properties pane as a further tab. But.. when i close down and re-open its back in black - fashionable I'll admit but undesirable.

A quick fix for me would be an option to turn the damn thing off - i don't use it anyhow so at best it's an annoyance. I assume the menu option VisualAssistX->Tools->VA View is supposed to do this but it has no effect. This has happened with previous builds but never as frequently as 1240. Perhaps it's not build related but it's remarkably repeatable today.

Right now, i'm trying desperately not to close VS .NET 2003 to avoid random suffering ;)

DAngel
Junior Member

United Kingdom
13 Posts
Posted - Jul 01 2004 :  07:07:07 AM  Show Profile
Update: have sneaking feeling this a dock/undock bug - i do have dual monitors - are you correctly reading desktop extent when placing the window?
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NigelQ
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3 Posts
Posted - Jul 17 2004 :  12:03:10 PM  Show Profile
I have exactly the same problem every time I start dev studio

Also with dual monitors; the primary to the right of the secondary. I normally have my dockable views in the secondary (left) monitor.

- N
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NigelQ
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3 Posts
Posted - Jul 17 2004 :  12:22:32 PM  Show Profile
...more details:

VAX version 1246
XP Pro SP1
Dev Studio ver 7.1.3088
Dell Precision 520 (2 procs)
Radeon VE AGP video card (dual head)

I can make the problem go away without having to reset my views (painful)...

Toggle the Tools->VA View option
Restart dev studio
Toggle the Tools->VA View option again (to view the caption bar for the view)
Float the VA View
Restart dev studio

Yes, this is a little painful, but less so than rearranging all of my views following a reset.

- N
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support
Whole Tomato Software

5566 Posts
Posted - Jul 17 2004 :  4:05:10 PM  Show Profile
If you have VS.NET and want to get rid of the VA View, float and close the window. It should not appear when you start VS.NET.

VAssistX|Tools|VA View is not a toggle. The command opens the VA View.
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chas
Junior Member

17 Posts
Posted - Jul 21 2004 :  12:35:46 PM  Show Profile
I have the same problem. It's a little hard to 'float and close the window' when it shows up as unresponsive black space. I have to disable VAX, restart dev studio, close the VA View window (that's now not black), re-enable VAX.

WinXP SP1
dual monitors off 1 card (GeForce FX 5200)
VS2k2/VC7.0

chas
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brundaged
Starting Member

USA
1 Posts
Posted - Jul 26 2004 :  8:41:00 PM  Show Profile
I am also experiencing this problem. Here's my setup:

VAX version 1246
XP Pro SP2 Beta2
Dev Studio ver 7.1.3088
NVidia GeForce FX 5600 AGP video card (dual head)

It definitely appears to be a bug related to having a dual-monitor setup with the main window on one monitor and the floating windows on the second monitor.

This is just a "me, too" post. It's a great product; I'll buy it if they get this bug fixed.
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