Re: Buggy intellisense in VB 6 with XP

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I think it's called Instant Watch, not intellisense. The code window may not
have the focus, so try highlighting myVar by the mouse then move the mouse
over it. You can do the same thing with expressions like "myVar - i" and it
would show you the result. My guess is that you clicked on the Immediate
window which made it gain focus. If you encounter that problem, just
highlight the code that you want to see the value for. If you want to always
see the value, right click the highlighted text and select "Add Watch"...



<averydarkplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I just upgraded to XP and noticed that VB 6 has buggy intellisense. I
> read through old posts but did not find any solutions, only reports of
> similar problems. The most recent was dated a couple of years ago, so
> I'm hoping the problem has been addressed.
>
> Example of what happens:
> If I step to line 20 and hover my mouse over myVar, I would expect to
> see intellisense display the value of the variable. This does not
> always work. Sometimes the value displays only the first time I hover,
> then any time after that no value displays (this leaves me to believe
> it's a bug and not some setting). But most of the time intellisense
> doesn't work at all.
>
> 5 myVar = 2
> 10 select case (myVar)
> 20 case (1)
> 30 doThis
> 40 case (2)
> 50 doThat
> 60 case (3)
> 70 doTheOther
> 80 end select
>
> The problem isn't just with case statements, it's with every piece of
> code. I read relevant old posts stating that all the code must be
> correct with no bugs. I've varified the problem with a small sample
> project and full compiles on my bigger projects.
>
> Does anyone else have this problem and/or know of a solution?
>
> ~ Avery
>


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