Visual Studio .NET IDE hangs or disappears when you view C/C++ project (319945)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Academic Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Enterprise Architect Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Enterprise Developer Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q319945

SYMPTOMS

The Visual Studio .NET integrated development environment (IDE) stops responding (hangs) or disappears when you rest the pointer over code in a C/C++ project.

CAUSE

When you rest the pointer over code, the Quick Info feature tries to parse the code to display tooltips about the construct that is under the pointer. The parsing code causes this problem.

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

837234 List of bugs that are fixed in Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1

Hotfix information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
   Date         Time   Version      Size       File name
   -----------------------------------------------------
   08-Apr-2003  22:04  13.0.9688.0  1,900,544  Feacp.dll
   08-Apr-2003  22:02   7.0.9688.0  1,736,704  Vcpkg.dll

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, disable the Quick Info feature for C/C++ projects. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
  2. In the left pane, expand the Text Editor and the C/C++ nodes.
  3. Click Formatting, and then click to clear the Enable automatic Quick Info ToolTips check box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbvs2002sp1sweep kbvs2002sp1fix kbbug kbfix kbQFE KB319945
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