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Dark GDK / IntelliSense for Dark Game SDK - Where is it?

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hackinc 2000
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 22:55
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Its a fact that all the commands coming from Dark Basic the same with an (db) in front. (Ex. MakeObject... , dbMakeObject...), but is more easy guetting the commands from the IntelliSense future on Visual Studio. I'm very new to Dark BAsic and I don't know all the command yet, I buy DGSDK because i'm more familiar whit Visual Studio and C++.

Its this Future On? Or I'm doing somthing wrong here.

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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 23:05
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I've always assumed that sort of thing is just controlled by the editor.

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I would also like to know how to make the dbXXX visible to Intellisense. I also use Whole Tomato Visual Assist (which I HIGHLY recommend). Neither of these 'see' the db commands. Does anyone know how to do this?
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 23:35
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Quote: "I've always assumed that sort of thing is just controlled by the editor"


It is provided you load the headers and libraries into your current project.
In the project solution add 'DarkSDK.h' and in the libraries add the libs you wish to use.

You should've done this anyways to prevent undeclared symbol errors. You also have to make sure you save and reload the project after doing so, as to allow VC++ to load up the keywords into it's project IntelliSense file.


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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 23:39 Edited at: 3rd Dec 2004 23:39
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Apparently, it appears it works with extra functions only in c++

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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 23:49
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What extra functions? IntelliSense is handled by the IDE, and in-fact Visual Studio is the only one with IntelliSense as it's Microsoft's technology.

using Reference Libraries is much easier, cause all the IntelliSensing is done for you without worrying. The method I explained above will put everything available into the IntelliSense for use.


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According to the documentation, it appears that when extra functions etc are added, they will only be noticed if a C++ project is used.

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Posted: 4th Dec 2004 01:35 Edited at: 4th Dec 2004 01:35
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@hackInc

The IntelliSense function works by listing all the functions which relate to whatever you have typed before.
So if you have an object called "myObject" and you type "myObject." it will display all the methods myObject supports.
If you have a namespace called std (This contains things like lists, queues and input / output in C++), and you type "std::" a list of all the functions in the std namespace will appear.
This is where the problem lies, the "db" bit in front of the function name is just part of the name, not the name of a namespace or any other "unit" which can contain functions etc.

IanM's plugin used a namespace called "DBPro" if I remember correctly, so typing "DBPro::" would display all the functions in that namespace.


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It was the No.1 reason I used namespaces.

I don't know why TGC decided on using a db prefix - it stops name collisions (like namespaces do, except for macros dammit), but doesn't trigger intellisense.

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Quote: "except for macros dammit"


Macros are nasty hacks. I don't like using them but they can make code much more readable in places. I wish C++ had a more elegant alternative.


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So why isn´t the namespace thing used? They looked pretty neat on that tutorial I read. I can´t see why the commands can´t use them, then again my knowledge of C is rarther basic...bum bum


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Lack of planning I guess.

It wouldn't be hard to write a small tool to go through the existing code an namespace-ify it though.


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can other compilers use namespaces? just a thought

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N e compiler that uses ANSI C++ standards should be compatible with namespaces, i've used them in DEVC++ ide which uses the mingw(i think) compiler

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All c++ compilers that I know about can ... and who cares about the rest

More seriously though, there are some functions that are overloaded (dbCLS comes immediately to mind) so no straight C compiler can handle the SDK anyway.

Even those compilers that can handle MS format .lib files will have problems with the name mangling scheme used for function names, so why namespaces weren't used is a little beyond me.

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so then , our first real feature request should be make intellisense work.

You do get use to it, then depend on it, then forget the methods and just remember the key strokes....
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so how did you get the Intellisense or code completion working in that screenshot? i've tried adding all the .h files and .lib files to the project and its a no go

If i dont know,
I'm sure you will
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Posted: 6th Dec 2004 23:03
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In the screen shot I put, you see the intellisense working because i press the shortcut ctrl+spacebar to show that the commands from the SDK dont appear ther, the ones that you see are not from the DGSKD.
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