Super Quick Info no longer works under Visual Studio 17.12.3!

[Bergam64]

Hello and Happy New Year!

After migrating from Visual Studio 17.11.5 to 17.12.3, I've discovered that Super Quick Info is dead.
Nothing is displayed anymore when it should.

I'm using:

• Codist v7.9.4.9972 (latest release version at this point),
• Visual Studio 2022 v17.12.3 (also latest release version at this point) running on Windows 11.

Here are my setting:
Codist.json

Note: I still have an old machine with Visual Studio 2022 v17.11.5 running on Windows 10, also with Codist v7.9.4.9972, and everything works as expected.

Please fix this.
Thanks in advance.

[wmjordan]

Sorry to see that. I could not reproduce this issue.
Does it occurs on any C# projects?
Could you find the ActivityLog.xml on your machine (in the following path alike) and check whether there is something wrong related with Codist?
C:\Users\your_login_name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\17.0_a_random_id

[Bergam64]

Hi.

Does it occurs on any C# projects?

As far as I can tell, yes.

Could you find the ActivityLog.xml on your machine (in the following path alike) and check whether there is something wrong related with Codist?

I looked but I didn't find anything suspicious. All I found was the expected

  <entry>
    <record>1707</record>
    <time>2024/12/30 04:41:36.921</time>
    <type>Information</type>
    <source>VisualStudio</source>
    <description>Begin package load [CodistPackage]</description>
    <guid>{C7B93D20-621F-4B21-9D28-D51157EF0B94}</guid>
  </entry>

Bottom line: nothing interesting. So I decided to dig deeper.

It so happens I also develop a VS extension of my own. So I've installed Codist in the ROSLYN VS instance that is launched when I debug my own VS extension, and here's what I got the first time I hovered my mouse over a method:
An exception of type AggregateException has been encountered. This may be caused by an extension. Open log file
and the log file contains this interesting entry:

<entry>
    <record>2055</record>
    <time>2025/01/04 18:13:45.608</time>
    <type>Error</type>
    <source>Editor or Editor Extension</source>
    <description>System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---&gt; System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for &apos;Codist.SymbolFormatter&apos; threw an exception. ---&gt; System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for &apos;Codist.SyntaxHighlight.FormatStore&apos; threw an exception. ---&gt; System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for &apos;Codist.ThemeHelper&apos; threw an exception. ---&gt; System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: GetCurrentThemeInfo must be called on the UI thread.&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.ThreadHelper.ThrowIfNotOnUIThread(String callerMemberName)&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.ThemeHelper.GetCurrentThemeInfo() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Helpers\ThemeHelper.cs:line 68&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.ThemeHelper..cctor() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Helpers\ThemeHelper.cs:line 25&#x000D;&#x000A;   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.ThemeHelper.add_ThemeChanged(EventHandler`1 value)&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.SyntaxHighlight.FormatStore.InitSyntaxStyleCache() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\SyntaxHighlight\FormatStore.cs:line 192&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.SyntaxHighlight.FormatStore..cctor() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\SyntaxHighlight\FormatStore.cs:line 29&#x000D;&#x000A;   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.SymbolFormatter.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass125_0.&lt;CreatePropertySetter&gt;b__0(String ct, SymbolFormatter f) in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Semantics\SymbolFormatter.cs:line 1286&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.SymbolFormatter..ctor(Func`2 brushConfigurator) in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Semantics\SymbolFormatter.cs:line 40&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.SymbolFormatter..cctor() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Semantics\SymbolFormatter.cs:line 29&#x000D;&#x000A;   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.QuickInfo.CSharpQuickInfo.OverrideDocumentation(SyntaxNode node, IQuickInfoOverride qiWrapper, ISymbol symbol, SemanticModel semanticModel, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\QuickInfo\CSharpQuickInfo.cs:line 497&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.QuickInfo.CSharpQuickInfo.&lt;InternalGetQuickInfoItemAsync&gt;d__26.MoveNext() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\QuickInfo\CSharpQuickInfo.cs:line 362&#x000D;&#x000A;--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.QuickInfo.SingletonQuickInfoSource.&lt;InternalGetQuickInfoItemAsync&gt;d__2.MoveNext() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\QuickInfo\QuickInfoFactories.cs:line 130&#x000D;&#x000A;--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense.Implementation.AsyncQuickInfoSession.&lt;ComputeSourceContentAsync&gt;d__39.MoveNext()&#x000D;&#x000A;   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense.Implementation.AsyncQuickInfoSession.&lt;UpdateAsync&gt;d__32.MoveNext()&#x000D;&#x000A;--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense.Implementation.AsyncQuickInfoPresentationSession.&lt;UpdateAsync&gt;d__5.MoveNext()&#x000D;&#x000A;---&gt; (Inner Exception #0) System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for &apos;Codist.SymbolFormatter&apos; threw an exception. ---&gt; System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for &apos;Codist.SyntaxHighlight.FormatStore&apos; threw an exception. ---&gt; System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for &apos;Codist.ThemeHelper&apos; threw an exception. ---&gt; System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: GetCurrentThemeInfo must be called on the UI thread.&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.ThreadHelper.ThrowIfNotOnUIThread(String callerMemberName)&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.ThemeHelper.GetCurrentThemeInfo() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Helpers\ThemeHelper.cs:line 68&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.ThemeHelper..cctor() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Helpers\ThemeHelper.cs:line 25&#x000D;&#x000A;   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.ThemeHelper.add_ThemeChanged(EventHandler`1 value)&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.SyntaxHighlight.FormatStore.InitSyntaxStyleCache() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\SyntaxHighlight\FormatStore.cs:line 192&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.SyntaxHighlight.FormatStore..cctor() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\SyntaxHighlight\FormatStore.cs:line 29&#x000D;&#x000A;   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.SymbolFormatter.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass125_0.&lt;CreatePropertySetter&gt;b__0(String ct, SymbolFormatter f) in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Semantics\SymbolFormatter.cs:line 1286&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.SymbolFormatter..ctor(Func`2 brushConfigurator) in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Semantics\SymbolFormatter.cs:line 40&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.SymbolFormatter..cctor() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Semantics\SymbolFormatter.cs:line 29&#x000D;&#x000A;   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.QuickInfo.CSharpQuickInfo.OverrideDocumentation(SyntaxNode node, IQuickInfoOverride qiWrapper, ISymbol symbol, SemanticModel semanticModel, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\QuickInfo\CSharpQuickInfo.cs:line 497&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.QuickInfo.CSharpQuickInfo.&lt;InternalGetQuickInfoItemAsync&gt;d__26.MoveNext() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\QuickInfo\CSharpQuickInfo.cs:line 362&#x000D;&#x000A;--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Codist.QuickInfo.SingletonQuickInfoSource.&lt;InternalGetQuickInfoItemAsync&gt;d__2.MoveNext() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\QuickInfo\QuickInfoFactories.cs:line 130&#x000D;&#x000A;--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()&#x000D;&#x000A;   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)&#x000D;&#x000A;   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense.Implementation.AsyncQuickInfoSession.&lt;ComputeSourceContentAsync&gt;d__39.MoveNext()&lt;---&#x000D;&#x000A;</description>
</entry>

Here's the XML decoded <description> element:

System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Codist.SymbolFormatter' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Codist.SyntaxHighlight.FormatStore' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Codist.ThemeHelper' threw an exception. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: GetCurrentThemeInfo must be called on the UI thread.
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.ThreadHelper.ThrowIfNotOnUIThread(String callerMemberName)
   at Codist.ThemeHelper.GetCurrentThemeInfo() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Helpers\ThemeHelper.cs:line 68
   at Codist.ThemeHelper..cctor() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Helpers\ThemeHelper.cs:line 25
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Codist.ThemeHelper.add_ThemeChanged(EventHandler`1 value)
   at Codist.SyntaxHighlight.FormatStore.InitSyntaxStyleCache() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\SyntaxHighlight\FormatStore.cs:line 192
   at Codist.SyntaxHighlight.FormatStore..cctor() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\SyntaxHighlight\FormatStore.cs:line 29
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Codist.SymbolFormatter.<>c__DisplayClass125_0.<CreatePropertySetter>b__0(String ct, SymbolFormatter f) in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Semantics\SymbolFormatter.cs:line 1286
   at Codist.SymbolFormatter..ctor(Func`2 brushConfigurator) in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Semantics\SymbolFormatter.cs:line 40
   at Codist.SymbolFormatter..cctor() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Semantics\SymbolFormatter.cs:line 29
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Codist.QuickInfo.CSharpQuickInfo.OverrideDocumentation(SyntaxNode node, IQuickInfoOverride qiWrapper, ISymbol symbol, SemanticModel semanticModel, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\QuickInfo\CSharpQuickInfo.cs:line 497
   at Codist.QuickInfo.CSharpQuickInfo.<InternalGetQuickInfoItemAsync>d__26.MoveNext() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\QuickInfo\CSharpQuickInfo.cs:line 362
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Codist.QuickInfo.SingletonQuickInfoSource.<InternalGetQuickInfoItemAsync>d__2.MoveNext() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\QuickInfo\QuickInfoFactories.cs:line 130
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense.Implementation.AsyncQuickInfoSession.<ComputeSourceContentAsync>d__39.MoveNext()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense.Implementation.AsyncQuickInfoSession.<UpdateAsync>d__32.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense.Implementation.AsyncQuickInfoPresentationSession.<UpdateAsync>d__5.MoveNext()
---> (Inner Exception #0) System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Codist.SymbolFormatter' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Codist.SyntaxHighlight.FormatStore' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Codist.ThemeHelper' threw an exception. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: GetCurrentThemeInfo must be called on the UI thread.
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.ThreadHelper.ThrowIfNotOnUIThread(String callerMemberName)
   at Codist.ThemeHelper.GetCurrentThemeInfo() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Helpers\ThemeHelper.cs:line 68
   at Codist.ThemeHelper..cctor() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Helpers\ThemeHelper.cs:line 25
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Codist.ThemeHelper.add_ThemeChanged(EventHandler`1 value)
   at Codist.SyntaxHighlight.FormatStore.InitSyntaxStyleCache() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\SyntaxHighlight\FormatStore.cs:line 192
   at Codist.SyntaxHighlight.FormatStore..cctor() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\SyntaxHighlight\FormatStore.cs:line 29
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Codist.SymbolFormatter.<>c__DisplayClass125_0.<CreatePropertySetter>b__0(String ct, SymbolFormatter f) in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Semantics\SymbolFormatter.cs:line 1286
   at Codist.SymbolFormatter..ctor(Func`2 brushConfigurator) in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Semantics\SymbolFormatter.cs:line 40
   at Codist.SymbolFormatter..cctor() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\Semantics\SymbolFormatter.cs:line 29
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Codist.QuickInfo.CSharpQuickInfo.OverrideDocumentation(SyntaxNode node, IQuickInfoOverride qiWrapper, ISymbol symbol, SemanticModel semanticModel, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\QuickInfo\CSharpQuickInfo.cs:line 497
   at Codist.QuickInfo.CSharpQuickInfo.<InternalGetQuickInfoItemAsync>d__26.MoveNext() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\QuickInfo\CSharpQuickInfo.cs:line 362
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Codist.QuickInfo.SingletonQuickInfoSource.<InternalGetQuickInfoItemAsync>d__2.MoveNext() in D:\Codes\Open Source Projects\Codist\Codist\QuickInfo\QuickInfoFactories.cs:line 130
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense.Implementation.AsyncQuickInfoSession.<ComputeSourceContentAsync>d__39.MoveNext()<---

The interesting part is System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: GetCurrentThemeInfo must be called on the UI thread..

This should help you investigate the issue. Let me know if you need more info.

Good hunting!

[wmjordan]

I managed to reproduce this issue on my development machine.
However, I could not make it in the VS experimental instance. Weird.
I will work on it.

[wmjordan]

I've just released a new version to fix this nasty bug.
Alternatively, you can download the new beta and give it a try.

[Bergam64]

I've installed Codist 7.9.5.9983 and the bug appears to be fixed.

Thanks a lot!

[wmjordan]

Good.