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November 20, 2008  
Subject: XML support disappeared
Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general
Date: 8/20/2008 10:33:17 AM
From: p0 [Email Address Protection]

Hello,

I'm using Visual Studio 2008 and (perhaps after a machine crash) xml/
xsd/xslt files are no longer recognized by Visual Studio for what they
are. That is, their syntax is no longer highlighted and intellisense
no longer works. Visual Studio 2008 treats xml/xsd/xslt files as
ordinary text files. All other files, e.g. C# and VB.Net classes are
still highlighted correctly and behave like normal.

Any idea what might be causing this? It is as if everything xml
related is broken all of a sudden.

TIA

Yves

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Subject: Re: XML support disappeared
Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general
Date: 8/20/2008 2:26:41 PM
From: "John Saunders" [Email Address Protection]

Did you install Visual Studio 2008 SP1? If so, then please check on Connect
(http://connect.microsoft.com/visualstudio) to see if the problem has
already been reported. If it has not been reported, then please report it.

--
John Saunders | MVP - Connected System Developer

"p0" <yves.dhondt@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:2a845531-b997-4320-9499-bf997918cc89@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I'm using Visual Studio 2008 and (perhaps after a machine crash) xml/
> xsd/xslt files are no longer recognized by Visual Studio for what they
> are. That is, their syntax is no longer highlighted and intellisense
> no longer works. Visual Studio 2008 treats xml/xsd/xslt files as
> ordinary text files. All other files, e.g. C# and VB.Net classes are
> still highlighted correctly and behave like normal.
>
> Any idea what might be causing this? It is as if everything xml
> related is broken all of a sudden.
>
> TIA
>
> Yves


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Subject: Re: XML support disappeared
Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general
Date: 8/20/2008 11:14:16 PM
From: p0 [Email Address Protection]

Yes, I have SP1 installed.

Neither repairing or uninstalling and reinstalling seem to help.

I also found the same problem reported in another vstudio newsgroup
yesterday: http://groups.google.be/group/microsoft.public.vsnet.ide/browse_=
thread/thread/e71bc37e35ce7290?hl=3Dnl#

I'm starting to wonder if it could have anything to do with the latest
Windows updates. There seems to be no specific update for visual
studio, but then again, a fresh install didn't fix the problem. So it
might very well be something outside visual studio.

Yves

On Aug 20, 11:26=A0pm, "John Saunders" <n...@dont.do.that.com> wrote:
> Did you install Visual Studio 2008 SP1? If so, then please check on Conne=
ct
> (http://connect.microsoft.com/visualstudio) to see if the problem has
> already been reported. If it has not been reported, then please report it=
..
>
> --
> John Saunders | MVP - Connected System Developer
>
> "p0" <yves.dho...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:2a845531-b997-4320-9499-bf997918cc89@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I'm using Visual Studio 2008 and (perhaps after a machine crash) xml/
> > xsd/xslt files are no longer recognized by Visual Studio for what they
> > are. That is, their syntax is no longer highlighted and intellisense
> > no longer works. Visual Studio 2008 treats xml/xsd/xslt files as
> > ordinary text files. All other files, e.g. C# and VB.Net classes are
> > still highlighted correctly and behave like normal.
>
> > Any idea what might be causing this? It is as if everything xml
> > related is broken all of a sudden.
>
> > TIA
>
> > Yves- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


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Subject: Re: XML support disappeared
Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general
Date: 8/21/2008 8:29:48 AM
From: "John Saunders" [Email Address Protection]

No, actually the problem could be SP1. You may want to see if you can
reproduce the problem with Visual Studio 2008 RTM (the original release).

--
John Saunders | MVP - Connected System Developer

"p0" <yves.dhondt@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:cd9877ec-17c6-41c7-8d75-9824e3ee5a3a@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
> Yes, I have SP1 installed.
>



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Subject: Re: XML support disappeared
Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general
Date: 8/21/2008 8:59:37 AM
From: p0 [Email Address Protection]

On 21 aug, 17:29, "John Saunders" <n...@dont.do.that.com> wrote:
> No, actually the problem could be SP1. You may want to see if you can
> reproduce the problem with Visual Studio 2008 RTM (the original release).
>
> --
> John Saunders | MVP - Connected System Developer
>
> "p0" <yves.dho...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:cd9877ec-17c6-41c7-8d75-9824e3ee5a3a@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Yes, I have SP1 installed.
>

Resetting all the IDE settings somehow solved all the problems
(devenv.exe /ResetSettings).

Thanks for the help anyway,

Yves

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Subject: Re: XML support disappeared
Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general
Date: 8/27/2008 11:16:42 AM
From: David Walker [Email Address Protection]

p0 <yves.dhondt@gmail.com> wrote in
news:0ed82d50-6467-482f-897e-2e63085c6edb@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:

> On 21 aug, 17:29, "John Saunders" <n...@dont.do.that.com> wrote:
>> No, actually the problem could be SP1. You may want to see if you can
>> reproduce the problem with Visual Studio 2008 RTM (the original
>> release).
>>
>> --
>> John Saunders | MVP - Connected System Developer
>>
>> "p0" <yves.dho...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:cd9877ec-17c6-41c7-8d75-9824e3ee5a3a@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com
>> ...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Yes, I have SP1 installed.
>>
>
> Resetting all the IDE settings somehow solved all the problems
> (devenv.exe /ResetSettings).
>
> Thanks for the help anyway,
>
> Yves
>

But there may still be a bug somewhere; people shouldn't have to reset all
of the IDE settings after installing SP1 (which sounds like the cause of
the problem, at first glance).

David Walker


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