Hi

I am having a problem with the addin not showing up in VS 2012.

I have removed it and readded it multiple times with no luck. No menus - not listed in the addin manager - and trying the reset procedure returns with an error message

http://www.visualmicro.com/post/2011/10/01/How-to-reset-the-arduino-visual-studi...

Using the cmd line option this is what is displayed when VS loads.

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Microsoft Visual Studio
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The following files were specified on the command line:


     Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.Helper

These files could not be found and will not be loaded.
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OK   
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So it looks like it is not registering the DLL.

I see you mentioned that it registers the DLL via a registry key.

Can you provide the path so I can manually register it?

The files are installed into C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Micro

Note: Installing in VS Ultimate 2012 under Windows 7 worked fine on a different machine.

Cheers

chris

Thanks for the heads up - I missed that about Windows 8.

OK I have got it working!!

I added the directory "c:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino" in Tools - Add-In Security" folder.

Once I did this it showed up in Add In Manager with all check boxes not checked.

I checked all 3 and then clicked on OK and it failed with a message "File Not Found"

I used Process Monitor to look at the requests

I found it was opening the .ADDIN file - in this case Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.2012.AddIn

It was then trying to open the file 

C:\Visual Micro\Visual Micro 2010 for Arduino\Bin\Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.11.dll

I exited VS.NET and edited the Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.2012.AddIn file and changed the reference from 

C:\Visual Micro\Visual Micro 2010 for Arduino\Bin\Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.11.dll

to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino\Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.12.dll

I tried to save this but was denied access - so I saved to c:\temp  and then copied the file over the top (admin rights needed)

I started VS.NET and opened addin manager.

I again checked the options for Visual Micro and Startup and CMDLINE and clicked OK.

This time it worked and it is working - I have the Visual Micro Menus etc..

Let me know if you want someone to test Windows 8 / VS2012 functionality installations for you.

Chris

As a short term help for windows 8 64bit updates the .addin files are now distributed with these default settings:-

• Force load when VS starts
• Pointing to the correct dlls in the default installation path of "C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino"

This means that after first time install of Visual Micro on Window 8, users only need to add the "Enviroment>Macro & Security" path manually. In a default 64 bit install this means adding "C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino" to the path list.