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DrunkenHyena
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Canada
4 Posts

Posted - Nov 04 2004 :  10:31:01 AM  Show Profile
On most source files there is a complete lack of syntax colouring. I've tried disabling it and re-enabling it, rebooting. This happened with the previous 2 releases as well (not sure about further back than that).

The really strange thing about it is that if I move the horizontal scrollbar to *any* position other than the extreme left, the syntax colouring returns. So I can have the colouring, but I lose the first column of my source.

Ideas?

WannabeeDeveloper
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Germany
775 Posts

Posted - Nov 04 2004 :  12:50:20 PM  Show Profile
Is Topic 3152 discussing the same problem?

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DrunkenHyena
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Canada
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Posted - Nov 04 2004 :  1:39:59 PM  Show Profile
With the exception that I'm editing cpp files, yes it appears to be the same issue.
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support
Whole Tomato Software

5566 Posts

Posted - Nov 04 2004 :  5:57:20 PM  Show Profile
If you have VC++ 6.0, try "Reset all" in Tools|Options|Format.

If you have VS.NET, try "Use Defaults" in Tools|Options|Environment|Fonts and colors.

Reapply your custom fonts and colors afterwards.
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DrunkenHyena
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Canada
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Posted - Nov 05 2004 :  11:27:52 AM  Show Profile
I'm using VC6. That doesn't seem to have helped at all. Playing with it further, even if I completely disable VAX I don't get the standard (VC standard) syntax highlighting on these files, yet on some files it shows up fine.

At this point I'm wondering if it isn't a VC6 bug.
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WannabeeDeveloper
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Germany
775 Posts

Posted - Nov 05 2004 :  11:57:32 AM  Show Profile
Do you have a "unusual" Color-Scheme, like a black background with white Text-color or something like that?

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DrunkenHyena
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Canada
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Posted - Nov 05 2004 :  12:14:44 PM  Show Profile
No, VC6 default with VAX default.

Comparing files that are coloured with ones that aren't, the only thing that jumps out at me is that the ones that aren't seem to have a lot of preprocessor directives, while the other don't have as many. Otherwise I can't see anything that would make it hard to parse.

As an example, strcore.cpp in mfc/src is not being coloured.
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WannabeeDeveloper
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Germany
775 Posts

Posted - Nov 05 2004 :  1:06:41 PM  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by DrunkenHyena

As an example, strcore.cpp in mfc/src is not being coloured.


That file is colored correctly on my system (VAX 1283, VS .NET 2003, WinXP SP2)...

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feline
Whole Tomato Software

United Kingdom
19014 Posts

Posted - Nov 06 2004 :  2:36:25 PM  Show Profile
using VC6 and VAX 1283 "strcore.cpp" is coloured correctly for me. this is running on win2k SP4

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