Question

I’ve finally got Intellisense working for JQuery by applying patch KB958502 to Visual Studio 2008 and including this line:

/// <reference path='JQuery\jquery-1.3.2.js'/> 

at the top of my .js files. Now I’m trying to figure out how to get JavaScript intellisense for the client proxies generated by the ScriptManager’s ScriptReference elements (as shown here):

    <asp:ScriptManager ID='ScriptManager1' runat='Server' EnablePartialRendering='false' AsyncPostBackTimeout='999999'>         <Services>             <asp:ServiceReference path='../Services/DocLookups.svc' />         </Services>     </asp:ScriptManager> 

The client proxies are working — i.e. I can make calls through them, but I’m getting no Intellisense.

My service is defined with a .svc file:

<%@ ServiceHost Language='C#' Debug='true' Service='Documents.Services.DocLookups' CodeBehind='~/App_Code/DocLookups.cs' %> 

The code behind file looks like:

[ServiceContract(Namespace = 'Documents.Services', Name = 'DocLookups')] [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)] [ServiceBehavior(IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults = true)] public class DocLookups { ... 

a sample method in this class is:

    //Called at the begining of the page to fill in the category list     [OperationContract]     public SelectOption[] GetCategoriesForSelectList()     {         SelectOption[] Result;         IDocumentRepository repository = new DocumentEntityRepository(ConnectionString);         Result = (from cat in repository.GetDocCategories()                   select new SelectOption(cat.Category_ID.ToString(), cat.CategoryName)).ToArray();         if (Result.Length > 0)             Result[0].Selected = true;  //Select first item          return Result;     } 

and it uses a data contract defined like this:

namespace Documents.Services {  [DataContract] public class SelectOption {     //A useful DTO to use when filling a <select> element with options     public SelectOption(string optionValue, string optionText) {         OptionValue = optionValue;         OptionText = optionText;         Selected = false;     }     public SelectOption(string optionValue, string optionText, bool selected) {         OptionValue = optionValue;         OptionText = optionText;         Selected = selected;     }      [DataMember]     public string OptionValue { get; set; }     [DataMember]     public string OptionText { get; set; }     [DataMember]     public bool Selected { get; set; } } 

}

In my javascript files, a call to this service looks like:

Documents.Services.DocLookups.GetCategoriesForSelectList(... 

but I get no Intellisense (for example, if I type Documents. nothing pops up). I don’t get intellisense for either the generated methods or the [DataContract] types used by the methods.

I believe that I am supposed to get Intellisense for these proxies and types, but can’t figure out what I might be doing wrong. TIA.

Answer 1

Did /// <reference path='../Services/DocLookups.svc' /> not work?