We released a feature some time ago that we failed to document, and since its UI is subtle, there is a good chance you know about it only if you follow our release notes closely. I raise the feature for two reasons: 1) it’s valuable, and 2) now it’s documented. The feature is Create Method Implementations, and it gives you a quick way to create implementations of all methods of a…
Taming the List of Methods in File
February 26, 2014
Visual Assist includes a List Methods in File (Alt-M) feature, inaptly named because the list has grown to include more than just methods, that is a convenient way to navigate a large file. But, even if you use filtering to target specific entries, the list is sometimes…
Support resources for Visual Assist get a makeover
January 29, 2014
If you’ve been anywhere near our website in the last month, you’ve undoubtedly noticed we embarked on a major upgrade of the support resources for Visual Assist. We are happy to say we’re finished with the heavy lifting, and done fussing with our discussion…
Visual Assist build 2023 is available
December 22, 2013
After a month with an RC, we’re happy to announce availability of a general release. You need maintenance through 2013.12.20 to run build 2023. If you’re a new customer and don’t how to tell if you’re qualified to run a build, learn here or wait for your current copy of Visual Assist to explain your options, assuming Check for Updates is enabled.
Build 2023 is primarily a…
The Tomato introduces a new website
December 16, 2013
We are happy to introduce a revamped website for Visual Assist. We think the site is simple, well organized, responsive, and replete with content new and existing developers need to be productive with Visual Assist. You’ll find: A “What’s New” page…
Visual Assist loses her X
December 5, 2013
After ten years of dealing with her ex, Visual Assist X has regained her simpler name, Visual Assist.
Now for a bit of history.
The X in Visual Assist X became part of the product name in 2004, when developers at the Tomato decided it was important that customers get new…
Visual Assist Supports Visual Studio 2013
November 15, 2013
Whole Tomato has always taken pride in maintaining support for every Microsoft IDE our customers use, from Visual C++ 6.0 through Visual Studio 2013. If you own a license for Visual Assist, or are considering a trial, know that the latest build of Visual Assist has full support for Visual Studio 2013 RTM.
Users with software maintenance through November 11, 2013, qualify to run Visual Assist build…
alt+g in Comments
September 8, 2010
If you don’t read our build change history page, you might miss some small gold nuggets. For example, back in build 1734, we added an enhancement to our goto command (alt+g) so that it operates within comments. The accuracy of goto within comments depends upon…
Open File in Solution tip
August 31, 2010
I was using the OFIS (Open File in Solution) dialog the other day and it occurred to me that I use some features in it that might not be so apparent to users that didn’t actually write the code for it. As an aside, this feature was formerly known as Open File in…
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