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Harrzack Member Offline Posts: 133 Location: Lindenwold, NJ USA Joined: Dec 28^th, 2012	VS has lost it's mind! Feb 11^th, 2013 at 8:34pm	Print Post
	I have a little project/solution I've been working on for Timer0 using VM/VS2012.� All has been well for several weeks.� I may have broken VS:� I tried to re-name a Solution/Project (just wanted to go to Timer1) and have got it to run - but now many major defs like cli() and TCCR0A are being marked a undefined symbols. Any hints on how I may have broken things?� � =Alan R.


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12191 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: VS has lost it's mind! Reply #1 - Feb 11^th, 2013 at 10:01pm	Print Post
	It's easily fixed, what's happened is that the plugin will not manage a project unless it is an arduino project. The rules for an Arduino project are that the folder and mainsketch.ino must have the same name, an additional rule for vs is that the project must also have the same name. If you change the name of the [sketchname].ino but not the folder then your sketch will not compile in either the arduino ide or vs. + Because we make use of standard vs c++ projects the plugin has to ensure that is does not attempt to tamper with normal vs c++ projects, for this reason it follows these rules. Normally, the easiest way to rename a sketch is to rename the [sketchname].ino using the visual studio solution explorer. VM should detect this and rename the folder and vs project for you. Now that you have a broken sketch you should close VS, open windows explorer and rename the folder that contains the sketch to the same name as the main [sketchname].ino, then delete the visual studio files in the sketch folder. The vs files have an extension that starts with ".vc". Re-start vs and open the [sketchname].ino using any of the available methods such as "File>Open Arduino Sketch" If the project, sketch and folder names all match and you still have issues then switch to another board and then back again to force an intellisense refresh
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Harrzack Member Offline Posts: 133 Location: Lindenwold, NJ USA Joined: Dec 28^th, 2012	Re: VS has lost it's mind! Reply #2 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 4:04am	Print Post
	Thanks for the help!� By the way - I did check to be notified of replies but nothing ever came in.� Still having a pi##er of a time starting a new VS/VM project. Intellisense is still confused...� �Is there a tutorial on starting a new arduino sketch and having it become a Solution/Project/VM-safe(!)???� Thought I had that down (am aware of all the naming conventions) but still having a prob starting fresh - or just copy-paste code from one .ino to a new one - somehow 'the sytem knows!.� Throwing in the towel for tonight, but will be back fresh in the AM...� =Alan R.


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Marius Developer Offline Posts: 204 Location: Centurion RSA Joined: Sep 7^th, 2011	Re: VS has lost it's mind! Reply #3 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 5:15am	Print Post
	Allan Try the wiki on the VM site here : http://visualmicro.com/archive.aspx There are heaps of good information that will help you understand.


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Harrzack Member Offline Posts: 133 Location: Lindenwold, NJ USA Joined: Dec 28^th, 2012	Re: VS has lost it's mind! Reply #4 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 12:55pm	Print Post
	More woes!� �It seems I've broken something seriously. I've copied all the code from one sketch, started a 'New Arduino Project'.� I've renamed the solution so all names match. Yet when I hit F5, I get the series of errors pasted in below. Any hints as to where I'm stepping on my weenie?� � -A. Compiling 'NoPS-T0' for 'Arduino Uno' core.a(main.cpp.o)* : : In function `main': main.cpp : undefined reference to `setup' main.cpp : undefined reference to `loop' avr-objcopy* : : 'H:\Users\AVR\AppData\Local\VMicro\Arduino\Builds\NoPS-T0\uno\NoPS-T0.elf': No such file avr-objcopy* : : 'H:\Users\AVR\AppData\Local\VMicro\Arduino\Builds\NoPS-T0\uno\NoPS-T0.elf': No such file Couldn't determine program size:


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Harrzack Member Offline Posts: 133 Location: Lindenwold, NJ USA Joined: Dec 28^th, 2012	Re: BIG RED FACE! (Was:VS has lost it's mind!) Reply #5 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 1:43pm	Print Post
	By running the errant sketch in Arduino IDE I discovered a missing '{'� that was causing the (in my defense) rather misleading error message.� Now it working fine...� Guess I stepped on my weenie with an incomplete cut/past. Sigh.� =A. Harrzack wrote on Feb 12^th, 2013 at 12:55pm: More woes!� �It seems I've broken something seriously. I've copied all the code from one sketch, started a 'New Arduino Project'.� I've renamed the solution so all names match. Yet when I hit F5, I get the series of errors pasted in below. Any hints as to where I'm stepping on my weenie?� � -A. Compiling 'NoPS-T0' for 'Arduino Uno' core.a(main.cpp.o)* : : In function `main': main.cpp : undefined reference to `setup' main.cpp : undefined reference to `loop' avr-objcopy* : : 'H:\Users\AVR\AppData\Local\VMicro\Arduino\Builds\NoPS-T0\uno\NoPS-T0.elf': No such file avr-objcopy* : : 'H:\Users\AVR\AppData\Local\VMicro\Arduino\Builds\NoPS-T0\uno\NoPS-T0.elf': No such file Couldn't determine program size:


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12191 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: VS has lost it's mind! Reply #6 - Feb 12^th, 2013 at 6:36pm	Print Post
	Yes the vm error messages do need some work. When the double click drill down on errors works it's useful but the messages are not great. Thanks for the update


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