How do you enable auto-complete functionality in Visual Studio C++ express edition?

Question

Please guide me, how do you enable autocomplete functionality in VS C++? By auto-complete, I mean, when I put a dot after control name, the editor should display a dropdown menu

Answer 1

'ctrl'+'space' will open C/C++ autocomplete.

Answer 2

All the answers were missing Ctrl-J (which enables and disables autocomplete).

Answer 3

I came across over the following post: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/raulperez/archive/2010/03/19/c-intellisense-options.aspx

The issue is that the "IntelliSense" option in c++ is disabled. This link explains about the IntelliSense database configuration and options.

After enabling the database you must close and reopen visual studio for autocomplete use 'ctrl'+'space'

Answer 4

Have you tried Visual Assist X ? Sort of lights up the VS editor.