Visual Assist for C++

RAD Studio 12.0 Athens introduced the integration of Visual Assist, a world-leading C++ productivity tool previously only available for Visual Studio. Visual Assist is an extensive product; therefore, RAD Studio includes the most core and useful features for productivity in the areas of code completion, as well as a subset of search/finding, navigation, and refactoring.

Features Visual Assist brings to C++Builder and C++ within RAD Studio include:

• Code Insight:
  • Code completion, parameter completion, and tooltip insight.
• Refactorings:
  • Rename
  • Add Include
  • Create Declaration and Create Implementation
  • Extract Method (C++)
  • Introduce Variable
  • Create From Usage
• Navigations:
  • Find Symbol
  • Go To Definition and Go To Implementation
  • Go To Related

Other VA Improvements and Enhancements

This section outlines the various improvements and enhancements for VA in C++ with each RAD Studio major release version.

Improvements and Enhancements added in RAD Studio Florence 13.0:

• VA now reloads automatically whenever the user changes the project configuration, target platform, or toolchain. This ensures that include paths and symbol resolution remain accurate, even when working with multiple projects that use different settings within the same project group.