visual studio 2005 pro, intellisense broken, or is it me?

Jimmy

i start a new c# project or source file... if i type "using System." (note the dot) i get a popup of choices. I notice that System.Net is not on the list (and probably more). if i manually type System.Net my code will compile and run, but there is no intellisense for any classes in
System.Net. for instance if i type WebRequest it doesnt change color as it should when it is "recognized".

am i missing something?

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Alan19y ago
I've just tried it on my home machine (VS 2005 Standard Edition) and when I typed using System followed by a dot, intellisense brought up a list which contained 'Net' OK.

As you're also using VS 2005 (albeit Professional Edition), then there may be a problem with your installation. If you haven't already done so, I'd consider downloading SP1:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb265237.aspx

I'd also check that your project actually has a reference to system.dll which I believe contains the System.Net classes.
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19y ago
Well if it runs and compiles with the "using System.Net;" header then .Net is a valid library and it should be fine. You probably cant specify individual libraries of the .Net library, its just one big book that opens a bunch of little ones so to speak.
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Jimmy19y ago
so can you get it to work with System.Net?
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19y ago
I know sometimes the intellisense doesnt work for certain things. Like if you try to declare an ArrayList without first adding the header file "using System.ArrayList;" you wont get any intellisense options for it. Sometimes its just weird like that, intellisense includes only the most frequently utilized syntax Im guessing. Its not so much broken, as it is convenient.
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