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Visual Assist build 2212 is available

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March 28, 2017
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 will discover the feature in build 2212. Code Inspection analyzes for specific code quality issues as you edit. Visual…
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Visual Assist build 2210 is available

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March 14, 2017
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

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December 13, 2016
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…
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Visual Assist build 2114 supports Visual Studio "15" Preview 5

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October 20, 2016
Visual Assist build 2114 supports Microsoft’s newest IDE, Visual Studio “15” Preview 5. But like the IDE, support is a work-in-progress. There are two caveats. First, Suggestion Lists and Enhanced Listboxes are not yet available in Preview 5. Development continues. For now, settings on two pages of the options dialog for Visual Assist are disabled. (In a coincidence, Preview 5…
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Visual Assist build 2112 is available

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September 26, 2016
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

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August 4, 2016
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…
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Visual Assist build 2107 is available

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July 22, 2016
Visual Assist build 2107 is a yard-sale of builds—it offers something useful to everyone but has no theme to its entire set of offerings. I describe a few improvements in this post. You will need to visit our what’s-new page or release notes to learn about all of them. If you are a fan of the Smart Select commands in Visual Assist, you will appreciate the more intelligent versions…
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Visual Assist build 2102 is available

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June 3, 2016
Visual Assist build 2102 makes it three builds in four weeks, which is an unwanted record  for us. Microsoft prompted the last build because they issued Visual Studio “15” Preview 2 without notice, which deprecated our prior build. Build…
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Visual Assist build 2098 is available

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May 15, 2016
Visual Assist build 2098 arrives on the heels of build 2097 to provide support in Visual Assist for Visual Studio Enterprise “15” Preview 2, the IDE that Microsoft released while build 2097 was in the final stage of quality testing. If you installed…
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Visual Assist build 2097 is available

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May 12, 2016
Visual Assist build 2097 introduces support for Visual Studio Enterprise “15” Preview 1, just in time for Microsoft’s posting of Preview 2. If you use Preview 1, you can install build 2097 assuming you installed the IDE using its ISO or web installer. The Visual Assist installer for build 2097 won’t recognize your IDE if you installed it only using Microsoft’s…
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