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scottbilas
Ketchup Master
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 Posted - Jan 10 2009 : 5:46:04 PM
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I've noticed that the column indicator does not render on Vista when the DWM is disabled. Pretty weird.
You can easily repro this on Vista by just doing "net stop uxsms" from a command line. The indicator column disappears. If you do "net start uxsms" then the column reappears.
I normally leave DWM running, but Maya and a few other tools I occasionally use on here force Vista to disable DWM when they run, which in turn makes the indicator column disappear from VS.NET.
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kevinsikes
Tomato Guru
USA
271 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2009 : 12:56:51 AM
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Scott,
On my Vista Business x64 system, the column indicator renders when the text editor has focus, and doesn't render otherwise. For instance, clicking in the Properties window, then dragging the IDE partially offscreen and back "erases" part of the column indicator and fails to repaint it until the text editor has focus again. This behavior seems independent of the Desktop Window Manager (DWM) settings. I also have a 32-bit Vista virtual machine with Aero disabled that exhibits this same behavior. If you click back into the text editor, is the column indicator repainted? |
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scottbilas
Ketchup Master
72 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2009 : 5:33:29 PM
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Clicking back to the text editor doesn't work. I also tried adding a full screen refresh and minimizing/maximizing/restarting VS.NET, no dice.
With the DWM disabled, I never see the column render ever.
This happens on another computer I use as well. Weirdly, if I remote desktop into the machine then the column always renders even with the DWM disabled. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
18950 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2009 : 09:50:09 AM
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So far I cannot reproduce the problem using Vista 32bit and VS 2005.
Can you please go to:
VA Options -> System Info -> Copy Info
and paste the details (from the clipboard) into your reply. This will give us the basic information about your setup. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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scottbilas
Ketchup Master
72 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2009 : 2:21:00 PM
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VA_X.dll file version 10.5.1711.0 built 2008.12.11
Licensed to:
VA X: [email protected] (5-user license) Support ends 2009.12.02
DevEnv.exe version 8.0.50727.867
msenv.dll version 8.0.50727.867
Font: Consolas 11(Pixels)
Comctl32.dll version 6.10.6001.18000
Windows Vista 6.0 Build 6001 Service Pack 1
2 processors
Platform: Win32
Stable Includes:
C:\\Proj\\TornadoAlley\\c1\\runtime\\extern\\dxsdk\\Include;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\include;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\atlmfc\\include;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\PlatformSDK\\include;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\SDK\\v2.0\\include;
Other Includes:
Stable Source Directories:
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\atlmfc\\src\\mfc;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\atlmfc\\src\\mfcm;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\atlmfc\\src\\atl;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC\\crt\\src;
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
18950 Posts |
Posted - Jan 16 2009 : 12:10:56 PM
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*sigh* I am not seeing anything odd or unusual here. Are you running 32bit or 64bit Vista?
Do you see this problem even when other programs are not running?
Do you have any other IDE plugin's installed?
The IDE does have an inbuilt feature to do something similar, which is described here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2007/08/03/testing-compiler-diagnostics-and-a-cool-ide-tip.aspx
about half way down the page. You may find that this is more reliable for you. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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scottbilas
Ketchup Master
72 Posts |
Posted - Jan 16 2009 : 3:12:30 PM
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I like the VS.NET version better, it supports multiple guides. Pretty neat. Plus it works with DWM disabled for me. :)
Both systems I'm using are vista 32 btw. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
18950 Posts |
Posted - Jan 16 2009 : 3:25:03 PM
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Sounds like the IDE is the solution then  I have no idea why VA is having problems, so far I have not been able to reproduce this problem. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Column indicator only works with DWM on Vista
