PRB: IntelliSense Statement Completion Does Not Work

ID: Q192148

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When writing any statements in VBScript or JScript, the Intellisense Statement Completion functionality does not work.


CAUSE

You must install Internet Explorer before installing Visual InterDev. If you install Visual InterDev first, Internet Explorer will install the incorrect script .dll files.


RESOLUTION

Re-install Internet Explorer, then you must re-install Visual InterDev.


STATUS

This behavior is by design.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Open Visual InterDev.


  2. Create a new HTML/ASP page.


  3. Right-click and select insert client script block.


  4. Between the SCRIPT tags, type the following code: 
    
      <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=javascript>
      <!--
        Alert(
       //-->
      </SCRIPT>


If you installed Internet Explorer after installing Visual InterDev, the IntelliSense Statement Completion functionality does not work.

Expected result: The IntelliSense Statement Completion functionality will pop up with the following Syntax Tip: 

   msgbox([message])

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Keywords          : kbide kbScript kbVisID600 kbGrpASP 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 26, 1999