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Added library not shown in source files - (Solved using shared project)
Apr 10th, 2017 at 3:36pm
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Hi,

mostly I use menu vMicro -> "Toggle Hidden Files" to have access to the source files. Often the modules are not well documented so it's great to have a look at the implementation.

When you add a new libraray, this is not automatically shown in the source folders. You have to switch off the display of the sources and switch it on again. Please do this internally when adding libraries.

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Reply #1 - Apr 10th, 2017 at 3:40pm
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Which IDE?
  
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Reply #2 - Apr 10th, 2017 at 4:50pm
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sorry, I forgot.

VM Version: 1.1702.15

Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015
Version 14.0.25431.01 Update 3
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Reply #3 - Apr 10th, 2017 at 7:32pm
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Thanks for the report I will look into it.

The issue is a result of a newer better system for including libraries along with their source code.

If you have a licensed system then it's a better option to use the new checkbox on the add library menu. If you don't have a license them you can create a standard visual studio shared project and copy library sources into it or move it to a library location.

Select a library when you have the checkbox enabled and it will be added to the solution as a visual studio shared project. Then right click references in your main project and click "add reference>shared project".

You will see you library project in the list and can add as a reference. There are many benefits to looking into this way of working and you will find you can move or copy the library to any location on your pc (you have to remove and re-add to the solution if you change the location). 

Arduino Shared Library Projects Documentation







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Reply #4 - Apr 27th, 2017 at 2:36pm
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Sorry for my late answer, I was traveling.

That's a very fine option and works great.
  
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Reply #5 - Apr 27th, 2017 at 5:48pm
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Hi,

I was too euphoric. If you look more closely, you can see that there are many intellisense errors.
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Have you added the shared projects as References to your main project?

It's described in the link I posted above the images but here is a more obvious image









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Reply #7 - Apr 27th, 2017 at 6:53pm
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Aaaahhh! Thx! Now it looks nice!
  
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Reply #8 - Apr 27th, 2017 at 7:08pm
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Great. 

It's important to realize that the hardware/board in shared projects is derived from the "Startup Project", the real Arduino project. 

If you had two Arduino projects in the solution with both sharing the same library and both using different boards The project that is the "Startup Project" will be used for intellisense.

This is why you need to "Add" the "Reference" (also allows the compilation to discover the library when it is located outside of normal Arduino library folders).
  
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