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>> >> Installed but cannot find https://www.visualmicro.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1598221939 Message started by bk13 on Aug 23^rd, 2020 at 10:32pm

Title: Installed but cannot find
Post by bk13 on Aug 23^rd, 2020 at 10:32pm

I have concluded that the Arduino Genuio is not a very good development environment. So lets try this.
Visual Studio 2017 is installed. I installed Visual Micro, looked at the install file, says its there, but cannot find any hint of it within visual Studio 2017. The log file contains:

Quote:

8/16/2020 5:12:55 PM - vsixinstaller.exe version:
8/16/2020 5:12:55 PM - 15.9.3041

And this is a bit further down

Quote:

8/16/2020 5:12:56 PM - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro
8/16/2020 5:12:56 PM - Version : [15.0.27220,16.99)
8/16/2020 5:12:56 PM - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community
8/16/2020 5:12:56 PM - Version : [15.0.27220,16.99)
8/16/2020 5:12:56 PM - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Enterprise
8/16/2020 5:12:56 PM - Version : [15.0.27220,16.99)

But I cannot find it. I “think” I went through the right motions. Please tell me what to look for.

Title: Re: Installed but cannot find
Post by Visual Micro on Aug 23^rd, 2020 at 11:17pm

Hi

It isn't clear what or how you have installed.

Here is a video of how to install. I recommend the installation from the IDE extension manager as shown in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUEDK87co4Y

Title: Re: Installed but cannot find
Post by bk13 on Aug 24^th, 2020 at 12:57am

I am attaching the entire log. Does that help?
I dislike videos, but I will go there and see what it has.

https://www.visualmicro.com/forums/YaBB.pl?action=downloadfile;file=VSIXInstaller_296ba29d-cbc4-4469-a96f-69391674316f.txt ( 75 KB | 5 Downloads )

Title: Re: Installed but cannot find
Post by Visual Micro on Aug 24^th, 2020 at 1:05am

The log says it is installed okay. Do you have a vMicro menu item at the top of the screen? Please show screen shot of IDE.

Title: Re: Installed but cannot find
Post by bk13 on Aug 24^th, 2020 at 1:27am

I am unsure as to which part of the IDE you want to see. Here are two screen captures that show all the project types. One from the top section and the second with the list scrolled to the end.

project_list_2.JPG ( 45 KB | 2 Downloads )

Title: Re: Installed but cannot find
Post by bk13 on Aug 24^th, 2020 at 1:28am

Oops, don't know if I did something wrong, but it seems that the second attachment overwrote the first. Posting the first one here.

project_list_1.JPG ( 68 KB | 2 Downloads )

Title: Re: Installed but cannot find
Post by bk13 on Aug 24^th, 2020 at 1:31am

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Aug 23^rd, 2020 at 11:17pm:

I started that video and it appears to begin by downloading and installing the Arduino Genuino. I already have that, version 1.8.10. Not fond of it. Then the video switches to something else and I have yet to figure out what he is trying to install.

Title: Re: Installed but cannot find
Post by bk13 on Aug 24^th, 2020 at 1:56am

Ooh, ooh, after a few reboots for other reasons, noticed a new tool bar item, vMicro. I think all the fields are correct. Then what? I don't see a project type to start. When I select Open and navigate to where a dot INO resides, there is no option for that type of file.
Still looking.
Edit. Followed up on some things and it wants to download what looks like exactly the same Ardiuno IDE already installed. The one I don't like. Will it behave differently from within Visual Studio?

v_micro_dialog.JPG ( 26 KB | 4 Downloads )

Title: Re: Installed but cannot find
Post by Visual Micro on Aug 24^th, 2020 at 11:45am

Open existing .ino: On the image you have posted there is a menu item called Open Arduino Project. There is also a menu item called "File>Open>Arduino Project". Both of those options allow you to select an existing .ino.

The documentation is here which explains how to open existing arduino code or create a new project.https://www.visualmicro.com/page/User-Guide.aspx?doc=index. I think you will benefit from reading the first part of the documentation (FirstSteps and Create/Open Project). You should see that all of your questions so far are clearly documented.

Create new Arduino sketch/project: Arduino code is C++ not C#. Your previous image of the Visual Studio New Project Wizard shows you are looking in the C# area. For newbies there is also the "File>New>Arduino project" that avoids the more complex "New Project Wizard" that you are struggling with.