KB153284 - List of limitations of IntelliSense in Visual C++ 6.0

Article ID: 153284

Article Last Modified on 9/7/2005

Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY

Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 introduces IntelliSense as a way to make C++ programming quicker and more efficient. This article provides a list of other articles that focus on the most frequently encountered limitations with IntelliSense.

For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

190968 BUG: IntelliSense limitations with C++ classes

190965 Two IntelliSense limitations will occur when you work with macro definitions in Visual C++ 6.0

190974 Function prototypes do not generate parameter info

190975 BUG: After you remove a file from a project, IntelliSense in Visual C++ 6.0 continues to recognize the functions and classes in that removed file

190976 IntelliSense ignores Unicode/ANSI versions of Win32 API

190973 IntelliSense does not display enumerated elements

MORE INFORMATION

If IntelliSense does not seem to be working, use the following steps to ensure that it is enabled in Visual C++:

On the Tools menu, click Options.
In the Options dialog box, click the Editor tab.
In the Statement Completion group box, make sure the appropriate IntelliSense options are selected.

REFERENCES

About Automatic Statement Completion;" Visual C++ Documentation, Using Visual C++, Visual C++ Users Guide, Text Editor, Overview: Text Editor, About Automatic Statement Completion.

Automatically Completing Statements;" Visual C++ Documentation, Using Visual C++, Visual C++ Users Guide, Text Editor, How do I ... Topics: Text Editor, Automatically completing Statements.

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