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Configuring the build folder.
Sep 19th, 2012 at 3:12pm
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When using Arduino, "build.path" can be set in the "preferences.txt" file, to change the location of the build folder for projects. This seems to have to affect over VisualMicro though?

Is it possible to configure the location of the build folder with VisualMicro?
  
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Reply #1 - Sep 19th, 2012 at 5:00pm
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It's a good idea and you are welcome to add this as a request to our codeplex issues list. If you do it will be included in the next release.

Not sure if any of this helps, (I would like to understand more about why this is useful to you)

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Visual Micro works slightly differently to arduino which makes a temp folder per ide instance. Visual Micro always uses the same temp path for each project. For example "c:\users\[name]\appdata\local\vmicro\[MyProjectName]\[BoardName]"

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I have had requests that the build path be optionally taken from the VS project build location. This would allow the path to be overridden per project.

What are your thoughts?
  
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Reply #2 - Sep 20th, 2012 at 7:10am
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Yes, I think having the option to take the build path from the VS project build location would be a good idea. It would definitely be usefull to have the build path configurable on a per project basis.
  
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Reply #3 - Feb 14th, 2014 at 8:32pm
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definitely, I'd like the build files to be placed in the projects Debug directory, just like Atmel Studio does it.
  
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Reply #4 - Feb 14th, 2014 at 10:24pm
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I've been looking at this. It's easy enough but there are potential dangers. An Arduino build involves copying some source files to the build folder which is dangerous if the folder is not well away from the real sources.

How about we build in the temp folder but then copy or move the resulting .elf .hex etc. to the Atmel build folder?
  
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Re: Configuring the build folder.
Reply #5 - Feb 15th, 2014 at 12:56am
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Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Feb 14th, 2014 at 10:24pm:
An Arduino build involves copying some source files to the build folder which is dangerous if the folder is not well away from the real sources.


I don't understand, it's dangerous for the files in the build folder, i.e. the cpp, hex, etc files?

By real resources you mean the core.a etc. files in the Arduino IDE installation directory?

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How about we build in the temp folder but then copy or move the resulting .elf .hex etc. to the Atmel build folder?


I have no prob with that, it's just that I'd like to have temp folder somewhere not so deep, i.e. not in the user/appdata.... etc directory. I have a D:\DIY directory where I keep my atmel studio projects, so I'd like to have the compiled files in D:\DIY\build

Or perhaps a batch script could be written that would copy the hex and cpp files from the users\etc...\build directory to the Debug folder of the current project, but I don't know how to write such a script where the directories are changing with each project.
  
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Reply #6 - Feb 15th, 2014 at 1:05am
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It's easy to have the .cpp go into the atmel build folder but "build>clean solution" will need to delete .cpp/.h etc. To that end it feels dangerous simply because if a novice user has set their build folder to be a (any) program folder then their sources will be deleted.
  
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Reply #7 - Jun 19th, 2015 at 8:03pm
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There is any way to set the temporary folder to [ProjectFolder]\Build ?
  
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Reply #8 - Jun 19th, 2015 at 9:03pm
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Coming soon but which ide are you using?
  
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Reply #9 - Jul 2nd, 2015 at 6:43pm
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Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jun 19th, 2015 at 9:03pm:
Coming soon but which ide are you using?

I am using VS2013CE. Tried to use variables (VS, platafom.txt and windows prompt) but does not work.
  
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Reply #10 - Jul 2nd, 2015 at 6:47pm
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Hi,

The build folder can be set in "tools>options>visual micro>compiler>temporary build folder"
  
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Reply #11 - Jul 6th, 2015 at 9:59am
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Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 2nd, 2015 at 6:47pm:
Hi,

The build folder can be set in "tools>options>visual micro>compiler>temporary build folder"

it will change the build foolder for all projects?
maybe i can use a different aproach:  i only need the .hex file to be copied to a specific folder inside the project for the version control and simulator run, but i cannot find one variable with the project source folder, only one with the source .ino file. With the project folder i can add a postbuild event on the plataform.txt to copy the necessary files.
  
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Reply #12 - Jul 6th, 2015 at 10:14am
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The build folder is always the same for each project so will work for you today.

It is also expect that in the next release we will copy the hex to the sketch folder.
  
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