Build Announcements

Visual Assist build 2235 is available

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 comment blocks using one’s external, default browser. And although Microsoft finally introduced the functionality in…
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Visual Assist build 2231 is available

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…
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Visual Assist build 2223 is available

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…
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Visual Assist build 2217 is available

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, relate to Code Inspection. Aside from fixes, build 2217 improves the Open File in Solution (OFIS) dialog such that loading of…
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Visual Assist build 2212 is available

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…
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Visual Assist build 2210 is available

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…
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Visual Assist build 2118 is available

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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Visual Assist build 2112 is available

Visual Assist appeals to all levels of programmers, from students learning the ins and outs of C/C++ to experienced coders wanting tools that improve already impressive speed. The latest build of Visual Assist, build 2112, provides features at both ends. Two dialogs in…
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Visual Assist build 2108 is available

Visual Assist build 2108 is a bug fix build—one bug, in fact, that prevents build 2107 from loading in some user environments. The problem was related to our periodically migrating to a newer toolset. If Visual Assist build 2107 doesn’t load in your IDE, evidenced by disabled items in the VAssistX menu, install build 2108. Visual Assist build 2108 requires software maintenance…
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