Just moved from VS2005 to VS 2008. Scope list and Function list now not populated for same code. How to activate it?

Question

I have used Visual Studio 2005 for Developing Dassault Systems CATIA Application Architecture applications for several years. Now have to use VS2008 for next release of CATIA (V5R21SP4). The IDE has drop down boxes for Scope and functions in that scope which I use all the time for navigation in my code. But now in VS2008 these are not populated after loading the same code developed earlier in VS2005.  I can compile and link and execute OK in VS2008 but it would be nice to have the navigation capability that I have come to depend upon for developing code in earlier version of VS and also to know what controls the activation of the display of scope and functions which is not intuitively obvious to me to find in the documentation.

Anybody know what controls the display of scope and functions and how to re-activate it in VS2008?  Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi MustUseVS2008,

I have been watching on this issue for a while now. I suppose that Scopes and Functions drop down lists are missing in VS2008. I suggest you try the following steps to get the navigation functionality back:
1->Open VS2008 and open your project.
2->Click Tools->Options. You will see Options dialog appear.
3->Expand Text Editor->C/C++ folder.
4->Choose General, and check the "Navigation bar" option under Display on the right side.
5->Click "OK" to save the setting.

You will see there the two drop-down lists after these operation. If the issue still exists, please share more information with us. It would be better if you share some related pictures. You can click "Insert Image" button at the top of the editor dialog.

Best regards,
Helen Zhao

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Helen Zhao [MSFT]
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Answer 2

Hi,

Would you mind letting me know the result of the suggestions? If you need further assistance, feel free to let me know. I will be more than happy to be of assistance.

Best regards,
Jesse

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Jesse Jiang [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 3

1. Thanks for the replies.

2. I had the Navigation bar option  already checked so that is not the cause of the problem.

3. MSDN forum rules only allow two screenshots. Screen shot 1  is VS 2008 which does not provide method navigation (unknown Scope is only option). Screen shot 2 is VS 2005 feature of method navigation which works.  Same workspace is loaded in both screen shots.

Answer 4

Hi,

You can try these solutions,

 1. Install the Visual Studio 2008 SP1.
 2. Try to delete intellisense file with "ncb" extension, and clear your project and rebuild it.
 3. Check the references, if there is duplicate references.
 
 Please check this thread
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsdebug/thread/3d3d9b98-d850-4062-a1ba-aea8859a24be/

Best regards,
Jesse

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Jesse Jiang [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 5

Hi,

Would you mind letting me know the result of the suggestions? If you need further assistance, feel free to let me know. I will be more than happy to be of assistance.

Best regards,
Jesse

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Jesse Jiang [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 6

Hi,

I marked my reply as answer, if your issue have not been solved please unmark it and update more information about this issue.

Best regards,
Jesse

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Jesse Jiang [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us