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mk
Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:06:06 PM
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I was really loving AutoCode 3.0 in VS2008...

For some reason I can't get the AutoCode functions back.
Since the initial install of AutoCode, I installed three other add-ins: Power Commands and SlickEdit, and VisualSVN.
Now, I have uninstalled all four of these Add-ins, re-installed AutoCode and the AutoCode functions do not return.

The AutoCode log says that the AutoCode commands already exist.
Is there some way to completely purge the left over commands and do a squeaky clean install?

Thanks.
Alvaro
Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:58:52 PM
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Probably, after unistalling other add-ins the settings reset and cleared the key bindings.

No problem, to set the bindings again follow these steps:

Assign Ctrl+Enter shortcut to AutoCode.Execute command
1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Expand the Environment folder, and select Keyboard.
Note: If you do not see the Keyboard page, check Show all settings located in the lower left corner of the Options dialog box.
3. In the Show commands containing box, enter “AutoCode”.
It will show AutoCode.Catalog and AutoCode.Execute commands
4. Select AutoCode.Execute
5. On the Use new shortcut in drop-down list, select Global.
6. Place the cursor in the Press shortcut key(s) box, and then press Ctrl+Enter
7. Check the Shortcut currently used by box to see if the key combination is already assigned to another command. If so, follow the directions bellow to remove the conflicting shortcut.
8. Click Assign.

Remove conflicting shortcuts
By default, Ctrl+Enter shortcut is used for the Edit.LineOpenAbove command (not very useful command). To remove this shortcut and let Ctrl+Enter be correctly assigned to AutoCode follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Expand the Environment folder, and select Keyboard.
3. Place the cursor in the Press shortcut key(s) box, and then press Ctrl+Enter
4. Check the Shortcut currently used by box to see which command or commands use Ctrl+Enter shortcut
5. If there are other commands other that AutoCode remember the name of the command or commands (probably Edit.LineOpenAbove command)
6. In the Show commands containing box, enter the name of the command
7. Select the command
8. Click Remove.
9. Repeat step 6 for any conflicting command (but not for AutoCode.Execute command)

There is a Microsoft article How to: Work with Shortcut Key Combinations for more information about shortcuts.

Please, let me know if this work for you.

Thanks,

Alvaro
pavkata
Posted: Saturday, May 03, 2008 6:47:36 AM
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I also lost AutoCode 2008 functionality on upgrade - everything worked fine on VS2008 Pro, and now it is not working after I upgraded to VS2008 Team Suite. I re-assigned the shortcuts and removed conflicting shortcuts, as suggested above, but what ended up with is the little blue autocode window flash super-quickly (like for 0.1 seconds) in source view and then disappear.

Uninstalling seems to leave settings behind in Visual Studio, so reinstall did not help.
Alvaro
Posted: Saturday, May 03, 2008 7:17:26 AM
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I also lost AutoCode 2008 functionality on upgrade - everything worked fine on VS2008 Pro, and now it is not working after I upgraded to VS2008 Team Suite. I re-assigned the shortcuts and removed conflicting shortcuts, as suggested above, but what ended up with is the little blue autocode window flash super-quickly (like for 0.1 seconds) in source view and then disappear.

Uninstalling seems to leave settings behind in Visual Studio, so reinstall did not help.


Could you please post the "autocode.log" file?

It is located at "My Documents\AutoCode 2008" directory. Repro the problem before posting the file so it may record the problem.

Does the Tools->Autocode Catalog menu works?

By the way, what do you mean with "the little blue autocode window flash"?.

Thanks,

Alvaro
mikecano
Posted: Monday, May 05, 2008 4:36:13 PM
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Alvaro,

Yes, re-assigning the Ctrl+Enter command as you suggested fixed my problem.

Thanks!

MK
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