Thanks Paul.

Or have I misunderstood? Are you saying that Intellisense stops working altogether when you use filesystem::path, and then refuses to work on any other code that you type in?

Yes, that's correct. Anything before the line of code, in the original post, works (i.e. if I do std::[intellisense works]) but after (i.e. std::[no intellisense]) and it doesn't. Also, I didn't mean to imply this is a boost issue, it certainly isn't. But was wondering if other folks have the same issue(s) or know a workaround. Thanks again, Graham On 4/19/07, Paul Giaccone <paulg@cinesite.co.uk> wrote:

Graham Reitz wrote:

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This is probably a little out of scope but I am hoping that someone has gotten this to work.

A code line like this:

boost::filesystem::path working_path_a( boost::filesystem::current_path() );

...causes vstudio 2005 intellisense to stop working. It says this 'No additional Information Available' at the bottom.

Anything before that line and intellisense works fine and anything after it doesn't.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. As a relatively new user to boost having this feature really helps out.

Thanks, Graham

Intellisense is a misnomer (/pace/ Bill Gates) in my opinion, as it is not intelligent and sometimes makes no sense. I find that it fails to find members of elements of an array of class instantiations. For example:

class MyClass { public: //for the sake of example int member; };

MyClass x; MyClass y[10];

x.member = 1; y[0].member = 2;

Typing the dot after the x will suggest "member", but Intellisense fails to do so when you type "y[0].", I seem to recall.

So I'm sorry to say that I think this might be an Intellisense issue rather than a Boost one. I hope someone can say otherwise, but sometimes Intellisense isn't up to the job and you have to type things out by hand.

Or have I misunderstood? Are you saying that Intellisense stops working altogether when you use filesystem::path, and then refuses to work on any other code that you type in?

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Graham Reitz wrote:

Thanks Paul.

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Or have I misunderstood? Are you saying that Intellisense stops working altogether when you use filesystem::path, and then refuses to work on any other code that you type in?

Yes, that's correct. Anything before the line of code, in the original post, works ( i.e. if I do std::[intellisense works]) but after (i.e. std::[no intellisense]) and it doesn't.

Also, I didn't mean to imply this is a boost issue, it certainly isn't. But was wondering if other folks have the same issue(s) or know a workaround.

Hi, actually you're "lucky", because when i use boost::bind, intellisense usually crashes :( I don't know if its any better with the service pack 1 for vs2005, but if you haven't already, maybe you could try installing it. -- Regards, dave

Johan, Thanks! Visual Assist X is awesome! I just gave it a try with my boost example and so far so good. It has a 30 day trial, like you stated, so that will give me plenty of time to put it through the ringer. Kindly, Graham On 4/19/07, Johan Råde <rade@maths.lth.se> wrote:

David Klein wrote:

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Hi,

actually you're "lucky", because when i use boost::bind, intellisense usually crashes :(

I use several boost libraries (including bind), vs2003 and Visual Assist X. Visual Assist X provides an improved Intellisense that works quite well. You can download a free 30-day trial version at www.wholetomato.com.

-- Johan Råde

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David Klein wrote:

Hi,

actually you're "lucky", because when i use boost::bind, intellisense usually crashes :(

My experience is that boost::bind by itself is OK, but as soon as you include the lambda::bind header, typing 'bind(' becomes a not very good idea. :-)

Sohail Somani wrote:

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David Klein wrote:

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Hi,

actually you're "lucky", because when i use boost::bind, intellisense usually crashes :(

My experience is that boost::bind by itself is OK, but as soon as you include the lambda::bind header, typing 'bind(' becomes a not very good idea. :-)

Also function<...> somehow becomes function_base<...>. I stopped using VS a while back though.

Personally I had to delete the intellisense dll file to disable it as vs2005 would say updating intellisense forever and use 100% of a processor. Visual Assist continually releases updates that improve it's handling of templates and it works great for me.