how to add intelligence for visual c++ in visual studio 2010

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Does visual studio don't have intelligence for visual c++. Can i add externally ?

Posted 14-Aug-12 3:17am

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[no name] 14-Aug-12 9:19am

Visual Studio does not have any intelligence. The intelligence is supposed to be on the other side of the keyboard.

nv3 14-Aug-12 9:49am

I'd give a 6 for this if I could.

[no name] 14-Aug-12 9:52am

Thanks :-) Seems kind of obvious to me....

bbirajdar 14-Aug-12 10:37am

My +100 for this comment... :)

[no name] 14-Aug-12 10:43am

Thanks. :-)

Albert Holguin 14-Aug-12 20:14pm

+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5

[no name] 14-Aug-12 21:56pm

Thanks. The stars aligned just right.

pasztorpisti 14-Aug-12 9:23am

I can recommend you addons/plugins, one of them is free: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/d0d33361-18e2-46c0-8ff2-4adea1e34fef
The other one is commercial and I don't know if its allowed to advertise it on CP so I don't post it here but I couldn't live without it when coding C++.

Stefan_Lang 15-Aug-12 10:10am

It's not advertising when you offer an *opinion* ;-)

pasztorpisti 15-Aug-12 10:14am

Thank you! Didn't know if its legal here and I'm lazy to read the terms of blahblah. :-) Then my favorite addon is wholetomato stuff also posted in the accepted answer: Visual Assist X. This rocks, and another stuff is the enhanced scrollbar that is in the productivity powertools for VS2010 (For VS2005 and VS2008 I used rockscroll to have a nice scrollbar).

Albert Holguin 15-Aug-12 11:03am

Agree w/ Stefan, it's really only advertising if you stand to make some money out of it. A recommendation based on experience is always welcome.

Albert Holguin 14-Aug-12 20:15pm

Do you mean intellisense? ...I'm pretty sure it does have intellisense.

Stefan_Lang 15-Aug-12 9:59am

Sadly, yes. However, depending on the version of VS that you have you may be better off without it. ;-) IMHO MS should either pay closer attention to developer needs or dump IS entirely.

That said, see solution one for a much better alternative. You can get a free evaluation version. If you do any serious amount of programming it's well worth the price.

There's also a tool with similar functionality called Resharper. As the name implies it's targeted at C#, but it may be usable with C++ as well. I never felt the need to check if it does though :D

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If you really must use Intellisense (not my preference - see solution 1), then you can check your options to see whether it's disabled. The exact location may depend on your version of VS, but in VS 2010 it is in the options dialog (menu Tools->Options). There, look under Text Editor->C/C++->Advanced.

Oh, and I'll shoot anyone who dares upvote this "solution" - I definitely don't consider this the best option - I merely answered the question! ;)

Posted 15-Aug-12 4:08am

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Aditya Mangipudi · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-14T03:28:00

Solution 1

If you are talking about extensions. Here are few for V C++

http://www.wholetomato.com/[^]

http://www.devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/Coding_Assistance/[^]

Posted 14-Aug-12 3:28am

Aditya Mangipudi

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pasztorpisti 14-Aug-12 10:25am

+5 Visual Assist X rulez :-)

Stefan_Lang 15-Aug-12 9:52am

You beat me to it. Way better than Intellisense!

In fact, I once was stuck on a PC with VS but without VA. I thought Intellisense should be somewhat helpful in the absence of VA, but it turned out to be so bad that I deliberately disabled it!

Albert Holguin 15-Aug-12 11:04am

It's not that bad... it does have it's quirks but useful for those of us who are forgetful... :)