# Code hints, where are they?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/code-hints-where-are-they/165239>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 9, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/code-hints-where-are-they/165239 "2005-10-09T16:33:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ordinathorreur](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ordinathorreur/32/536_2.png) [@Ordinathorreur](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ordinathorreur)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/code-hints-where-are-they/165239/1 "2005-10-09T16:33:13Z")

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I seem to have a problem with code hints in Flash 8.

I have started to move to strict data typing but don’t get code hints!

For instance when I type the dot on the last line of this as explained in topic [http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43761:](http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43761:)

var myXML:XML= new XML();  
myXML.

I expect a list of properties to come up for my XML object, but they don’t. I have checked my preferences panel and I have code hints enabled.

Am I right in thinking I should be getting code hints or not?