XML support disappeared

XML support disappeared

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

date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:33:17 -0700 (PDT) author: p0

Re: XML support disappeared

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"  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

date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:26:41 -0400 author: John Saunders

Re: XML support disappeared

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=nl#

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 pm, "John Saunders"  wrote:
> 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"  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 -

date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:14:16 -0700 (PDT) author: p0

Re: XML support disappeared

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"  wrote in message 
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> Yes, I have SP1 installed.
>

date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:29:48 -0400 author: John Saunders

Re: XML support disappeared

On 21 aug, 17:29, "John Saunders"  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"  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

date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:59:37 -0700 (PDT) author: p0

Re: XML support disappeared

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

> On 21 aug, 17:29, "John Saunders"  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"  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

date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:16:42 -0700 author: David Walker