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Syntax color missing in Atmel Studio
May 24th, 2013 at 2:40pm
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Hi everyone.
I just installed Atmel Studio 6.1 and AfVS latest beta (1305.21). Everything looks great so far. Now I am trying to get the syntax color coding to work.
According to this page 

http://www.visualmicro.com/post/2011/10/09/How-to-fix-Arduino-code-color-coding-... 

the extensions ino and pde should be set to "Microsoft Visual C++". Unfortunately there is no Visual C++ in my drop down box. Only "Microsoft Visual Basic". Also in the left pane of the Options window I see only 
"All Languages
Assembler
Basic
CSS
GCC
....."

Am I missing something?
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Re: Syntax color missing in Atmel Studio
Reply #1 - May 24th, 2013 at 3:12pm
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Hi Hermann,

The instructions in the link are for Visual Studio only (pls see note at top of article).

The Visual Micro installer should make the color code work in Atmel Studio. Please run the installer again and click repair. Does this fix the problem?

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Re: Syntax color missing in Atmel Studio
Reply #2 - May 24th, 2013 at 3:23pm
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Ooops!  Embarrassed I think I should read more carefully...
It works after I did the repair.

Thanks!
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Re: "Microsoft Visual C++" missing...
Reply #3 - May 24th, 2013 at 3:25pm
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I hope to raise a bit of cash to get some help with the documentation on this site. It's not right at the moment so I am not surprised you missed it Smiley

Good to hear it is all working, thanks for the update
  
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Reply #4 - Jun 21st, 2013 at 3:32pm
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Hello all,
I have the same problem ! even the "repair" did not work.
The C++ ist still missing, what can I do ??
  
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Reply #5 - Jun 21st, 2013 at 3:34pm
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Hi,

I assume you mean intellisense is not working in pde/ino files

Please install 1305.21 from our codeplex DOWNLOADS>Beta Channel 

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Re: Syntax color missing in Atmel Studio
Reply #6 - Jun 21st, 2013 at 5:44pm
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Sorry when I was not precise:
I can not select C++ editor in: Tools-Options-Text editor -File Extensions because C++ is not listed! I did the "Repair" but the problem is still present.
I will try your recommendation and install 1305.21.
Thanks a lot
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Re:Syntax color missing in Atmel Studio
Reply #7 - Jun 21st, 2013 at 6:02pm
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Yes, the complete set : Atmel Studio 6.1.2674 SP1. (latest version)
Meanwhile I have installed Visual Micro 1305.21 - The problem is still present.
Where is the problem ?
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Re: Syntax color missing in Atmel Studio
Reply #8 - Jun 21st, 2013 at 6:26pm
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Hi, 

The "text editor>C++" wiki document states that is for Visual Studio and NOT Atmel Studio.

The Visual Micro installer attempts to register the intellisense and color coding for Atmel Studio. 

Q: Do you have syntax color code working?
Q: Do you have intellisense working?

These two things are different installer config options so if you can explain which are not working I can tell you how to fix the problem(s).

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Reply #9 - Jun 21st, 2013 at 7:14pm
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Thanks for the quick response!
When I create a new project by: " File-New-Arduino Projekt-" and import an existing code (from Arduino), then syntax higlighting and intellisense seem to work now !! Does that mean I do not have to set the C++ text editor setting ?
Sorry if this is written somewhere but I did not see it.

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Re: Syntax color missing in Atmel Studio
Reply #10 - Jun 21st, 2013 at 7:26pm
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Yes, you understood correctly Visual micro! 


Descriptions of "text editor>C++" Atmel on this issue, I have not seen.
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Re: Syntax color missing in Atmel Studio
Reply #11 - Jun 21st, 2013 at 7:55pm
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Hi,

Yes this is all setup fine. The C++ setup relates to Visual Studio and not Atmel Studio

Question: The link at the start of this post concerning C++ has the following text at the top of the page. Were you looking at a different link where I should also add the text??

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these instructions are not required for Atmel Studio versions, Atmel users please install visual micro version 1305.21 +, syntax color configuration is automatic for atmel users. It should just work out of the box!



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Re: Syntax color missing in Atmel Studio
Reply #12 - Jun 21st, 2013 at 8:03pm
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Yes, the link is at the top really is.
Missed. Lips Sealed
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Re:Syntax color missing in Atmel Studio
Reply #13 - Jun 21st, 2013 at 9:31pm
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Hi again,
now I am completely frustrated! After syntax highlight and intellisense worked, I saved the Project and tried to open it again: File-Open-Arduino Project. And then Syntax highlighting was gone! (intellisense works)
I get the same (no syntax highlighting) when I create an new Arduino project.
I did not change anything in the Atmel Studio !

What ist this ??
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Re: Syntax color missing in Atmel Studio
Reply #14 - Jun 21st, 2013 at 10:59pm
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Hi there,

Visual Micro has nothing to do with the syntax color coding except that during install it sets a few registry keys so that Atmel knows to do the color coding for pde/ino files.

Therefore I can only assume that Atmel Studio re-set its own registry keys for some reason. Maybe this was after first time use but as you can see it is not something that we can know.

I suggest that you run the Visual Micro repair, all this will do is put the registry keys back again. 

Hopefully that is then the end of the problem of missing syntax color code. Sorry I can be more specific or give you a guaranteed solution. All I can say is that this has happened for 1 or 2 users but only happened once.

Fingers crossed Smiley

Hope to hear how you get on. Please create a new forum thread if it happens again so that the user who raised this thread that was happy with running the repair does not keep getting notification emails.

Thanks very much
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Re: Syntax color missing in Atmel Studio
Reply #15 - Jun 22nd, 2013 at 9:22pm
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Hi,
It seems that my problem is solved!
I installed again "ArduinoForVisualStudio1305-21.msi" and chosed "repair"
The repair solved the problem, but I installed it only a few minutes before !!
I hope my Atmel studio runs stable now because its a great IDE for Arduino now, in my opinion it is more handy than Microsoft Visual Studio and Atmel is free!
  
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