Visual-studio – Visual Studio not displaying compile time errors in editor

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For example, when I write:

string x = "turtle";
x.Go();

There is no red squiggly line detecting the absence of the Go() method on String.

Only when I compile does the error get detected.

I've just upgraded to Windows 7, I have Visual Studio 2008.

In my old environment the errors were detected before the actual compile.

Is there a setting that I am missing?

EDIT: "Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> C# -> Underline errors in the editor" is checked.

I dont have the "Live Semantic" option. Maybe I need to go to SP1?

Best Answer

You need to turn on the underline errors in the editor and show live semantic errors options in Visual Studio.

These options can be found here:

Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > Advanced > Editor Help

Edit: You will need to install SP1 for this functionality to work.

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