Q about VS 2010 editor usage

[WSinc]

I was looking thru the user notes, could not find a specific answer to this:

When I put the cursor at the NAME of a FUNCTION or routine, I get a little box that appears.

What is this doing for me? Is it supposed to give an argument call
sequence?

I just get the little box, nothing else so far.

Any clues?

[SergeyKostrov]

Quoting billsincl

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I just get the little box, nothing else so far.

Any clues?

It looks like IntelliSense is broken.In case of a variable it should display a type, etc. In case of a function it should display a function name with all arguments, etc.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Well, no. And this isn't really IntelliSense, though it is our version of it.

I think what you are seeing is the "code outlining" feature which MSVC also has. There should be a small box to the left of the statement with a + in it. Click that and it will re-expand your function. It should be expanded by default.

[WSinc]

I'm familiar with that, but I was talking about something else,
where you put the cursor by the NAME of a SUBROUTINE, for example
in a CALL statement or referencing a FUNCTION.

The DO and the IF statement features seem to be working,
that was a nice addition.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

We do have that for intrinsic procedures. I don't think it works for user procedures though I suppose that is feasible.