Archive and release notes for builds released in 2009

Visual Assist Build 1738

requires software maintenance through 2009.10.01 (General release.)

If no item in suggestion list is selected by default, ensure the first item is visible. (case=31848) 9040
Snippets that have shortcuts are suggested even if scoped suggestions are present. (case=32585) 9036
Fixed case in which keyword readonly was suggested after keyword new. (case=32586) 9036

Visual Assist Build 1736

requires software maintenance through 2009.09.18 (Release candidate.)

Scoped Suggestions are not inadvertently inserted when typing a C# string literal. (case=32256) 8986
Fixed IDE sluggishness caused by Scoped Suggestions in large C++ files employing a namespace when that namespace is also used by many other files. (case=32395) 9000
Create from Usage is available for symbols with a leading underscore (fixes regression in 1733). (case=32289) 9013
Fixed issue in which some project and system symbols were not suggested unless they had already been typed (regression in 1727). (case=32336)

Visual Assist Build 1735

requires software maintenance through 2009.09.10 (Release candidate.)

Corrected listbox width problem. (case=31884)
Scoped Suggestions are offered only when VA Options | Advanced | Suggestions | Include suggestions in listboxes is enabled. (case=32087) 8986
Fixed issue in which incorrect suggestions were offered when typing method declarations. (case=31567)
Refined completion behavior for Scoped Suggestions to reduce inadvertent text insertion.

Visual Assist Build 1734

requires software maintenance through 2009.09.02 (Beta release.)

New Suggestion list behavior can be tweaked. (case=31573)
New Create Implementation is enabled for C++ static class variables. (case=4058) 8966, 5734
Fixed several issues with Create from Usage and Scoped Suggestions with regard to enums and templates. (case=31175, case=31236, case=31240, case=31330, case=31348, case=31470, case=31477, case=31709) 8942, 8956, 8962
Create from Usage is offered following an overloaded -> operator. (case=31318) 8942
Create from Usage is offered for pointer and reference types returned from functions ( e.g., GetFoo()->SomeNewMemberHere ). (case=31319)
Create from Usage correctly infers the type of a dereferenced pointer. (case=31471) 8959
Create from Usage context menu text has been reworded to avoid confusion. (case=31467) 8960
Create from Usage is not offered for non-symbols and selected text. (case=31604)
Create Declaration works properly for C++ constructors having initialization lists. (case=1738) 6740, 4995
Methods extracted from const methods are also declared const. (case=3430) 8730, 5573
Methods extracted from static methods are also declared static. (case=5647) 8731, 7089, 6146, 6046
Fixed issue in which deleting a block of text selected using column mode gobbled an adjacent brace when brace highlighting was active. (case=31530) 8968
.NET assemblies referenced in a project are reflected over correctly when parsing such that protected and protected internal accessibility specifiers are recognized. (case=31768)
Fixed problem in which Find References failed when issued via a right-click in Find Symbol in Solution (FSIS) when no code files were open for text editing. (case=31322) 8940
Find References is available for more symbols in FSIS. (case=31333)
Goto (Alt+G) on a symbol of unknown scope is treated like Goto in a comment (you are presented with a list of best guesses). (case=31460)
Fixed issue in which the VAssistX.RefactorContextMenu command bound to a shortcut key in VC6 failed to open the context menu when the text caret was positioned near the end of a symbol. (case=31320) 8943
Format after Paste is suppressed when pasting block comments. (case=31092)
The Esc key clears auto highlight references in VC6. (case=31228)
Restored VA toolbar and VAssistX menu in Visual Studio.NET (fixes regression in 1731). (case=31422)8978, 8963, 8951

Visual Assist Build 1731

requires software maintenance through 2009.08.19 (Beta release.)

New Create from Usage: refactorings for top-down programming. Includes ability to create stub functions/methods, enums, parameters and local variables at the call site. Hover over an unknown symbol and invoke from the Refactoring icon.
New Scoped Suggestions: highly context-aware suggestions. Includes suggesting the correct type following the new operator and assignment & switch/case values for enums, both for C++. Improvements for C# include suggesting the correct type after the as keyword.
New Hovering over a function pointer shows its typedef. (case=28378)
Eliminated IDE crash on exit with Platform Builder installed. (case=28668)
Eliminated IDE crash that occurred when the machine's Automation BSTR cache was disabled by setting the OANOCACHE environment variable. (case=30940)
Enhanced listboxes work correctly in Visual C++ 6.0 on Windows 7. (case=26657) 8708
Fixed caret jumping to end of line unexpectedly when using proportional font with word wrap enabled. (case=25123) 8589
Performing Find References on single-character symbols no longer generates extraneous results . (case=27839)
Add include preserves letter case when inserting an #include directive. (case=24588) 8923, 8009
Screen position is maintained when invoking Add Include. (case=30577)
Fixed issue in which the horizontal scrollbar in the text editor was not restored after debugging. (case=26834) 8721
Ellipses denoting variable argument lists in C/C++ are displayed properly in the Methods in File (Alt+M) list. (case=28211) 8804
Parentheses are not added when taking the address of a C/C++ function. (case=7802) 8743, 8645, 6809,6596, 6465
Symbols from a .NET assembly added as a reference to a C++ CLR project are available immediately (no need to reload the project). (case=28209) 8825, 8815
C++/CLI get_ and set_ methods used internally by the .NET Framework for property accessors and mutators do not appear in suggestion lists. (case=29929) 8894
Suggestion list for enum parameter displays properly after selecting a method from a suggestion list in C#. (case=21588)
Fixed problem where VA calculated an incorrect display value for an enum member when a comment containing an equals sign preceded the member declaration. (case=28797)
Fixed problem in which Rename References was not offered when changing the name of the first member in an enum. (case=29938) 8890
Fixed issue in which Open Corresponding File (Alt+O) was confused by newly added, identically named files in different directories. (case=29745) 8863
Fixed issue in which Goto (Alt+G) did not work properly when VA Options | Advanced | Performance | Parse all files when opening a project was disabled, even if the files had already been opened in the text editor during that session. (case=30226) 8901
Suggestions in _asm blocks are presented but not selected in order to prevent accepting a suggestion inadvertently. (case=28803)
Suggestion listbox no longer drifts to the left while typing under certain circumstances. (case=31119)
VA Snippets reserved string $NamespaceName$ returns the fully qualified namespace. (case=30005)
The VAssistX.ToggleUnderlining command works properly when bound to a keyboard shortcut. (case=30569)
Goto on Ctrl+Left Click executes on mouse up event instead of mouse down. (case=30191) 8635
The default color for variables on light backgrounds is now navy (was gray). (case=31075)
Fixed display corruption issue when using fonts that support ligatures (ﬁ, ﬂ, æ, etc.) (case=25254) 8615
Parentheses are not automatically inserted after accepting a class name from a suggestion list (fixes regression in 1715). (case=29030) 8835
Fixed formatting issue that occurred when deleting a blank line following automatic insertion of a closing brace (fixes regression in 1724). (case=29183) 8840
C# verbatim string literals ending in a backslash (@"using\unescaped\backslashes\") are parsed correctly (fixes regression in 1727). (case=28539) 8855, 4242
Corrected unexpected text caret placement following repair case in VC6 (fixes regression in 1727). (case=29869)

Visual Assist Build 1727

requires software maintenance through 2009.06.12 (General release.)

New Convert dot to -> works with C++ smart pointers. (case=999) 8649, 4386
New Ctrl+Left click invokes Goto (Alt+G) when this option is set under VA Options | Advanced | General. (case=25632) 8635
New Hovering over a symbol defined using a macro or typedef also shows the underlying type definition. (case=8771)
New Improved performance of loading extremely large solutions. (case=25260)
Eliminated rare crash when exiting the IDE. (case=26987)
Fixed VS2008 crash that sometimes occurred when the first file opened or created had zero length. (case=28208)
Fixed occasional parser stall and hang at shutdown caused by antivirus software or file system delay preventing VA from writing to a file in a timely fashion. (case=26867)
Fixed rare issue in which text could not be selected with the mouse after dismissing a context menu. (case=16204) 8698, 8669, 8483, 7465
Editing a SQL stored procedure no longer results in a spurious "file has been deleted" message. (case=9609) 6984, 6863
Region names are treated as comments when finding references to symbols of the same name. (case=21070) 8356
"document" is suggested properly in JavaScript blocks in HTML files. (case=24766)
VA Snippets used internally by refactoring operations do not appear in suggestion lists. (case=24994)
Member listboxes are displayed properly immediately following a dot to -> conversion in VC6. (case=26061)
Dismissing a member listbox using the Esc key in VC6 no longer makes the IDE beep. (case=25332)
Fixed timing issue that caused incorrect text to be inserted from a suggestion listbox (or the correct text to be inserted twice in a row). (case=26616, case=28032) 8793, 8791, 8787
The Esc key clears Highlight References to Symbol Under Cursor. (case=26861)
Items in dynamic context menus have unique keyboard shortcuts. (case=26981, case=27038) 8737, 8728
Fixed issue in which accepting an HTML VA Snippet suggestion sometimes inserted <<tag> instead of <tag>. (case=27012)
VB code is formatted correctly by the IDE after accepting a suggestion from VA X. (case=27337)
Corrected problem in which it was sometimes necessary to press Enter twice to accept a suggestion listbox item in VB. (case=27736)
Extract Method works properly in the implementation of operator(). (case=27615) 8771
Nested namespaces are expanded by default in VA Outline. (case=27730)
Surround with #ifdef ... #endif is not invoked when typing # in languages to which preprocessor directives do not apply. (case=27945)
Horizontal scroll bar, if needed, is restored properly to the active editor window after debugging. (case=26834) 8721
VA Navigation Bar is restored properly if VA X is disabled and then re-enabled. (case=27947)
Changing the IDE background color no longer requires a restart for VA X to pick up the new colors. (case=21099)
Fixed a VA X element color initialization problem in VS2008. (case=12710) 8769, 8678
Find results highlighting is restricted to text editor windows. (case=26740) 8719
VA X uses older method of highlight coloring (for references and braces) if VS2005 without SP1 is detected (SP1 is still required for more advanced highlighting features). (case=27972) 8692
XML indenting is preserved when inserting VA X suggestions (fixes regression in 1724). (case=27778)8776

Visual Assist Build 1724

requires software maintenance through 2009.05.01 (General release.)

Fixed issue in which VA brace, underline and reference highlight colors failed to initialize under certain circumstances. (case=12710)

Visual Assist Build 1723

requires software maintenance through 2009.04.22 (General release.)

New VA logging, once enabled, can be disabled by reopening the Visual Assist X Options dialog and unchecking the option (it is no longer necessary to exit the IDE to turn off VA logging). (case=15115)
Added a checkbox to the Performance tab of the VA Options dialog to control Remote Desktop display optimization. (case=26045) 8684
Fixed intermittent issue in which some VA Snippets were not suggested when the shortcut was typed following whitespace (regression in 1721). (case=25111) 8673

Visual Assist Build 1722

requires software maintenance through 2009.03.31 (Release candidate.)

Improved IDE responsiveness when parsing C++ templates. (case=25466)
Fixed symbol database corruption problem with very large solutions. (case=25426)
VA listbox "selections committed with" behavior is more consistent across suggestion and member listboxes. (case=9369) 8136, 7931, 7273, 7055, 7023, 7002, 6900, 6802, 6761
VA display items appear properly on the Fonts and Colors page of the IDE Options dialog. (case=12710)8636, 8633, 7244
Fixed Add Include for std::vector, std::list and std::map. (case=23430) 8009
Highlight References works as expected when collapsing or expanding code in the editor. (case=1729)4972
Fix for loss of custom VA color settings after update from build 1715 or earlier. (case=24497)
Fixed issue in which HTML/ASP tag suggestions were not offered (regression in 1721). (case=25428)
Typing a symbol following the global scope resolution operator (::) in C++ causes the suggestion listbox to update as expected (fixes regression in 1721). (case=25424)

Visual Assist Build 1721

requires software maintenance through 2009.03.25 (Release candidate.)

New Ability to set background color for brace matching and foreground color for highlight references (Visual Studio only). (case=506) 3445, 4327, 4433
New Goto (Alt+G) works in comments. (case=17089)
New Comments for variable declarations are shown in tooltips for that variable. (case=465) 3319
New Add #include uses same path delimiter (/ or \) as other #include directives in the file. (case=23341)8585, 8548, 8479, 8009
New Tooltip hint "Accept with <TAB> or <ENTER>" reminds you when these keys are the only ones that can accept a suggestion using the keyboard. (case=24501)
New Misspellings are underlined in JavaScript comments. (case=24947)
Eliminated CPU spin that occurred when invoking Open Corresponding File (Alt+O) or displaying VA refactor menu too soon after opening a solution. (case=25215)
Fixed crash caused by dragging and dropping in VA Outline within XML files. (case=24691)
Fixed crash caused by improper parsing of .NET 2.0 generics. (case=24739)
Fixed recursive spell check algorithm that caused IDE unresponsiveness under certain circumstances. (case=23883)
Create Implementation utilizes header file if no C/C++ source file is found. (case=3735)
C++ keyword __interface is parsed properly (fixes issue in which derived interfaces were not recognized.) (case=803) 8575, 4013
C++/CLI generic types are parsed correctly. (case=1204) 8317, 6617, 7592, 4610
Create Implementation works properly on C++ functions that return a managed reference. (case=22824)8443
Fixed issue in which Change Signature could not be invoked on implementations found in C/C++ header files. (case=1540)
Implicitly declared cli namespace objects are parsed correctly in managed C++. (case=23811, case=23892)
Open Corresponding File (Alt+O) from a system header locates the system source file and vice-versa. (case=23847) 8514
VC6 files modified as the result of a refactoring operation are correctly marked by an asterisk after the filename in the title bar. (case=4276)
VA X respects the IDE's completion character list for C# 2005/2008. (case=574) 7129
Parameter info tooltip is displayed correctly after accepting a method from a C# member list. (case=11767)7339, 7179, 7171
Fixed listbox unexpectedly accepting a suggestion when typing For Each in VB. (case=23589)
Corrected issue in which [Select] was sometimes inserted when attempting to type Select Case in VB. (case=24874)
Pressing Enter at the end of a Dim declaration requiring case correction inserts a new line as expected (previously two Enter keypresses were required). (case=24602)
ASP.NET page variables are colored properly. (case=22921)
Fixed issue in which some VA Snippets were not invoked when typing their shortcuts. (case=23735, case=23807)
Parentheses are no longer erroneously inserted when VA Snippets containing $ClassName$ are invoked. (case=23119)
Case correction works with Qt library types. (case=17758)
Remote Desktop display optimization may be disabled for users experiencing stability issues. (case=23919) 8516, 8495
To prevent a screen update problem, Remote Desktop display optimization is automatically disabled for Vista-to-Vista sessions with Aero enabled. (case=24610) 8565
Change Signature is disabled for overloaded functions. (case=11717) 8494, 6364
Improved keyboard navigation and text selection in Methods in File (Alt+M) list. (case=470) 8451, 8425
Fixed problem listing non-inherited members first when Bold Non-inherited Members setting was disabled. (case=19834)
VA X respects VS2008 setting Tools|Options|Text Editor|JScript|Miscellaneous|Only use Tab or Enter to commit. (case=23592)
Typing / in an HTML closing tag selects the expected item corresponding to the opening tag. (case=24135) 8542
Find References on a newly added symbol no longer underlines the symbol as mistyped in unsaved files. (case=24218)
Fixed issue in which template member listbox was empty after IDE restart in rare cases. (case=24420)
Fixed column indicator position problem. (case=24506)
Local variables used in LINQ expressions are rendered in bold when the Local Symbols in Bold setting is enabled. (case=24523)
No listbox is offered after typing #pragma. (case=25126)
Fixed issue in which highlight matching brace failed when word wrapped or when identifier font was set to bold. (case=16375) 5726
Lengthy suggestions that formerly caused listboxes to fill large portions of the screen are now truncated; the full text of the entry appears in the associated tooltip. (case=23830)
Document window layout is no longer changed after a rename in VS2008. (case=17074) 7842
Listboxes and tooltips appear in the correct position when the IDE is stretched across multiple monitors. (case=17155) 7796
Fixed VA Outline showing incorrect icons in some situations. (case=24510)
Fixed problem that caused Highlight References to Symbol Under Cursor to miss some references. (case=24169) 6397
Highlight References to Symbol Under Cursor results remain highlighted when the text caret is moved into whitespace. (case=23537) 8312
Highlight all Find References results correctly highlights off-screen results when scrolling through results. (case=3672) 5629
Highlight find results works correctly for lines not terminated by a carriage return (i.e., the last line of a file). (case=24351) 8562
Find results highlighting is not applied after an IDE restart until another find is performed. (case=23926)
Fixed painting issue that left some symbols incompletely highlighted. (case=12334)
Fix for hang while typing a string literal in rare cases (regression in 1704). (case=25168)
C# regions are not duplicated in VA Outline when Display Comments is enabled (fixes regression in 1715). (case=24742)

Visual Assist Build 1715

requires software maintenance through 2009.01.25 (General release.)

New Automatic highlighting of references to symbol under cursor. (case=21926) 6397, 8312, 6665, 6254,6028
New New refactoring: Add #include directive (C/C++). (case=226) 2784, 4537, 4974, 5104, 5586, 5593,5672, 5907, 6348, 6505, 6543, 6786, 6892, 7077, 7331, 7398, 8009, 8340, 8407
New Added new VA Snippet reserved keywords for use in non-refactoring user-defined snippets ($NamespaceName$, $BaseClassName$, $ClassName$, $MethodName$, $MethodArgs$). (case=2050)5100, 5211, 5830, 6238, 7924, 8059
New Code generated by Create Implementation is left selected in case you want to cut it. (case=2093)5123, 6851
New Added OFIS dialog context menu option to prevent duplicate listings of files included by multiple projects. (case=21879) 8408
New VA Snippets allow more character combinations for shortcuts, such as //g. (case=10446)
New Regions may optionally be omitted from the Methods in File (Alt+M) list. (case=21071) 8356
Reduced flicker when running through Remote Desktop. (case=281) 2706, 6353, 7168, 8203
Fix for VA Snippets missing from some suggestion lists in ASP files. (case=23009)
Fixed display of column indicator on long lines in VS2002+. (case=53) 1950, 5016, 6562, 7977, 8432
VA no longer offers suggestions when typing #region directives. (case=426) 3124, 5400, 5458, 7920
Fixed case in which extract method did not create a prototype for a non-member function. (case=1156)8347
Fixed parsing of typedef'd structs derived from base classes. (case=2302) 5227, 6546, 7301, 8423
Fixed Change Signature when source file is named differently than header file (C/C++). (case=3751) 6656
Create Implementation will add generated code to header file if source file can not be located (C/C++). (case=3735)
Corrected Create Implementation on pure virtual functions. (case=6439) 6229, 6675, 6853, 7588, 8178
Create Implementation is offered on functions with char const* return values. (case=9595) 6871
Fixed Move/Create Implementation on function call operator, eg. operator int(). (case=10386) 7020
Fix for Move/Create Implementation truncating extremely long parameter lists. (case=22052)
C# generics with more than 1 parameter are parsed correctly. (case=11633)
Refactoring commands are available on C# generics. (case=22131) 8415
Fixed installer hang that could occur if the machine had previously installed Tortoise CVS or other applications that deploy u3dapi10.dll. (case=19329)
Fixed issue in which the wrong body of code was commented out when two identical bodies of code were adjacent to each other. (case=20688)
The definition field shows all conditional definitions of a symbol in an #ifdef...#else...#endif block. (case=21352) 8375
UI fixes for VA View history list: Pressing Enter performs a Goto, right-click or context menu key invokes context menu. (case=21569) 8388
Removed duplicate entries from VA View recent item list. (case=21572) 8388
Pressing Page Up/Page Down in the Files in Solution or Symbols in Solution lists (VA View) no longer removes the content filter. (case=21570) 8388
Filename suggestions for HTML resources href="" and src="" allow subdirectory navigation. (case=21788)
Goto works correctly on HTML URIs containing named anchors, eg. href="../GotoThisFile.html#contents". (case=21870)
Literal < and > characters in HTML text are not treated as tag delimiters. (case=21919)
Hovering Class Browser (HCB) is populated for HTML/asp/aspx/js files. (case=22100)
Improved suggestions for object members in JavaScript. (case=21915)
Fixed issue in which HTML and JavaScript suggestions would be accepted unexpectedly while typing. (case=22296, case=22775)
Suggestions no longer appear in the middle of typing a VBScript string literal. (case=20647)
VBScript variable name suggestions are correctly selected in the suggestion list. (case=21966)
The question mark-tab combination to invoke VB's snippet search feature works correctly in VS2008 when text precedes the question mark. (case=22138) 8257
Improved Shorthand and Acronyms in VB 2008. (case=15202) 8257
Fix for VB 2008 accepting an item from a listbox that had no selection. (case=22140) 8257
Fixed parsing of VS2008 interface and message map macros. (case=23013, case=8934) 8423, 6683
Fixed spurious cascading of document windows after a rename operation in VS2008. (case=17074) 7842
Improved suggestion priorities; e.g., typing T suggests TRUE instead of a lesser-used symbol starting with t. (case=15697)
Parameters to macros appear in bold in tooltips as the text caret advances to each parameter. (case=22603) 8426, 8299
Fixed color printing in VC6. (case=19290)
C++ keywords __ptr32, __ptr64, __sptr, __uptr, _w64, and __w64 are recognized. (case=7571)
Spell check ignores numeric digits (Regression in 1711). (case=22247)
Fix for double-clicking symbol in Find References Results or VA Outline opening the form designer instead of the code editor (Regression in 1709). (case=21473) 8417

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