Hi there,
 
I have been able to get Visual Studio working with the Arduinos using the Visual Micro add-in. It works really well for simple programs. I have tried to compile more complicated stuff, including simple ardupilot code. Unfortuately, I am having trouble handling external library directories in the code. The include directives cannot find the directories where these .h files exist. 
 
For example :
 
#include <FastSerial.h>

#include <AP_Common.h>

#include <AP_GPS.h>

#include <Servo.h> 

#define USB_BAUD 57600

#define GPS_BAUD 9600

#define XBEE_BAUD 57600

 

This comes up the errors saying it cannot open the files as it cannot find the directories. I cannot find in Visual Studio where you can put search paths for the library directories. I don't want to hard code them in to the soruse code as they are in all different directories.

 

I have hard coded some of the libraries, and that does fixed the problem. But it is not a very good solution as all of the .h files are in different subdirectories. 

 

#include <C:\Dickson College\UAV Challenge\ardupilot\APM - 2.0 - beta\APM 2.0\libraries\FastSerial\FastSerial.h>

#include <C:\Dickson College\UAV Challenge\ardupilot\APM - 2.0 - beta\APM 2.0\libraries\AP_Common\AP_Common.h>

#include <C:\Dickson College\UAV Challenge\ardupilot\APM - 2.0 - beta\APM 2.0\libraries\AP_GPS\AP_GPS.h>

#include <C:\Dickson College\UAV Challenge\arduino23\arduino-0023\libraries\Servo\Servo.h> 

#define USB_BAUD 57600

#define GPS_BAUD 9600

#define XBEE_BAUD 57600

 

 

Does anyone know where I can put search paths in Visual Studio so the compiler can find the .h files?

 

Any suggestions are appreciated. 

 

Thanks very much,

 

Andrew