Several bugs in recent updates to Microsoft Windows 10 cause Visual Studio to crash when certain extensions, including Visual Assist, are installed: Windows 10 Build 15063.608, issued Sept 12th, broke Windows hook procedures located in high memory.
Windows Version 1709 (Fall Creators Update), released Oct 17th, broke also CreateWindow() and CreateWindowEx(). Microsoft is actively seeking…
Visual Assist build 2237 is available
October 4, 2017
Visual Assist build 2237 fixes one bug applicable only to users with Unreal Engine 4 (UE4). The fix prevents a hang of Visual Studio that might occur when smart suggestions appear for UPARAM().
If you develop with UE4, download the installer for build 2237.
If you…
Visual Assist build 2235 is available
September 27, 2017
Two recent, significant additions to Visual Assist—Source Links and Code Inspection—continue to mature in build 2235. The build also provides a valuable set of enhancements and fixes for established features of Visual Assist.
Source Links now opens hyperlinks found in…
Visual Assist build 2231 is available
September 1, 2017
Build 2231 provides several small but noteworthy improvements for all users of Visual Assist, and one extraordinary improvement for developers who use also Unreal Engine 4 (UE4).
Visual Assist typically parses all files in a solution, and the system headers it includes, the first time a solution is opened. For a large solution, parsing might take a few minutes. For a solution that includes UE4…
Visual Assist build 2223 is available
June 23, 2017
This post is a 2-for-1 build announcement: 2219 and 2223. Build 2219 made some nice improvements to Visual Assist but a day after release of the build, several bugs were discovered in it. Build 2223 is the bug-fix build. This announcement for build 2223 includes the…
Visual Assist build 2217 is available
April 28, 2017
Build 2217 follows an earlier hiatus in builds and puts us back on track to issue six or seven builds this year. Whereas we started the year introducing a big feature, Code Inspection, build 2217 is primarily a bug-fix build. Many of the fixes, as you can imagine…
Visual Assist build 2212 is available
March 28, 2017
Visual Assist build 2212 follows build 2210 with an important fix for Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) developers—separation of UE4 and UE3 support. Code Inspection, a new feature in Visual Assist, was introduced in build 2210. If you did not get a chance to download 2210, you will discover the feature in build 2212. Code Inspection analyzes for specific code quality issues as you edit.
Visual Assist…
Visual Assist build 2210 is available
March 14, 2017
After a long hiatus between builds, the first of year 2017 is now available. Visual Assist build 2210 include two big improvements: support for Visual Studio 2017 and Code Inspection. Visual Assist build 2210 supports the release version of Visual Studio 2017. If you…
Visit Us at GDC 2017 in San Francisco
February 21, 2017
The Tomato will exhibit at the Game Developer Conference next week, March 1-3, in San Francisco. If you will attend the show, be sure to stop by booth 2438 and say hello. Get a peek at new and forthcoming features in Visual Assist, share with us your wish list, and…
Visual Assist build 2118 is available
December 13, 2016
Visual Assist build 2118 introduces support for Visual Studio 2017 RC. Technically, support for the latest IDE arrived in build 2116, but we refrained from advertising build 2116 fearing early adopters would find a few problems. Alas, that assumption turned out true.
Build 2118, and build 2116 for that matter, introduce no new features in Visual Assist. If you have Visual Studio 2017 RC…
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