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Unable to create an Arduino project for ATmel Studio
Jan 4th, 2014 at 9:55pm
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The Visual Micro has been installed. All the menu options are populated  - this message appears when I try to create a new Arduino Sketch or open a prior Arduino Sketch.

I am using Windows 7 x64, Atmel Studio 6.1, and Arduino for Windows 1.0.5. The list boxes in the studio are properly populated - I have successfully identified the location of the Arduino installation and the Sketch file location.

I have also installed the latest Visual studio and .Net updates from Microsoft.

I have also reset the computer uninstalled and reinstalled Visual Micro.

Very frustrating!! What's up??
  
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Re: Unable to create an Arduino project for ATmel Studio
Reply #1 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 11:13pm
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Hi,

Sorry to hear you are having these problems. 

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Would you please confirm the full version number of Atmel Studio from the Help>About screen?

Confirm you can see a list of Arduino boards on the tool bar combo box and also on Tools>Visual Micro>Boards?

Thanks

A short term workaround might be to create an empty 8 bit AVR or a Sam project for any board in a folder of the same name, then delete all the automatically created project sources and add a .ino file of the same name. An 

The basic files required to use a Visual Micro Arduino project are no more than the things:- A directory/folder, project and .ino source all having the same name.

  
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Reply #2 - Jan 5th, 2014 at 12:13am
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version: atmel studio 6 (version 6.1.2562)

Yes the boards are listed in both places. 

Will try the workaround.

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Re: Unable to create an Arduino project for ATmel Studio
Reply #3 - Jan 5th, 2014 at 12:28am
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tried the work around with the same result
  
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Re: Unable to create an Arduino project for ATmel Studio
Reply #4 - Jan 5th, 2014 at 2:59am
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Hi,

Questions

1)
I don't understand exactly what you are saying. After creating an avr project you can open it using "file>open>project"? If it has the structure I mentioned then intellisense, add libraries, compile, add new sources, upload etc. should all work. The error you report shouldn't appear because you are not using Visual Micro menus to create the project. Let me know if I have missed something thanks.

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Can you please confirm what location is displayed when you attempt to use "File>Open>Arduino/Sketch Project". I want to check that your SketchBookFolder is being picked up correctly. I guess you have left it as default which would be "document/arduino"?

3)
Below the sketchbook folder, Visual Micro should have created a folder with the name you specified for each  new sketch project. Can you see folder names with the new sketch names you specified? 

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Re: Unable to create an Arduino project for ATmel Studio
Reply #5 - Jan 5th, 2014 at 4:15pm
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Continued ...

Sorry what I should have explained is that I am looking for a file/folder permissions problem that is preventing the creation of folders or files. 

Something obvious is causing this problem hence wanting to know about your sketchbook location.
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Reply #6 - Jan 5th, 2014 at 4:29pm
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reply to 2) Yes the structure is created in the folder specified for my sketchbooks - it is the default c:\users\michael\mydocuments\arduino - a folder with the sketch name is created with a .ino file of the same name 

Studio 6 does this even though it states that a project cannot be created as I have stated previously

If I double click the .ino file in the Windows explorer - Studio 6 will open with the project name and the .ino file displayed. HOWEVER - the main menu items VAssistX and Build are missing.

The project cannot be opened directly from Studio 6 - the project cannot be opened message will appear.

re 1) If I create a C++ project and then add a .ino file - the compile menu option will disappear if the .ino is the active pane.  - I may be missing something in your instructions here

It seems as if these behaviors might indicate a permissions/missing code module problem - just a wild guess.
  
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Re: Unable to create an Arduino project for ATmel Studio
Reply #7 - Jan 5th, 2014 at 4:38pm
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Hi,

Thanks for the good info. Yes it's strange. Did you try running AS6.1 as administrator?

You say the VassistX is missing? Is it missing when you open an empty Atmel 6.1 ide (no files, projects or solutions open)?

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Re: Unable to create an Arduino project for ATmel Studio
Reply #8 - Jan 5th, 2014 at 4:44pm
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ps: Here is the Visual Micro workflow when you create an Arduino project names "xyz"

1) Create "xyz" folder below sketchbook
2) Create "xyz.ino"
3) Copy empty .cppproj from Visual Micro install folder to "xyz" and rename to "xyz.cppproj"
4) Open the new cppproj and add/attach the xyz.ino file

The empty cpp project is usually in:-
C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino\Atmel Studio\Templates\Project\BlankCppProject

Is the .cppproj being copied into the new folder?
  
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Re: Unable to create an Arduino project for ATmel Studio
Reply #9 - Jan 5th, 2014 at 4:50pm
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Hi,

I have just re-looked at your Atmel Studio version number. I suggest upgrading to the latest release to see if this fixes the problem.

For our tests we are currently running the latest version (6.1.2730 - Service pack 2) of Atmel Studio. We only introduced support for Visual Micro in Atmel Studio last year so I hope this is simply a version problem.

You might need to re-install Visual Micro after the Atmel update. If Visual Micro loads and you have color code and intellisense in .ino files then the Visual Micro install is good.

Thanks
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Reply #10 - Jan 5th, 2014 at 6:13pm
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I have updated Atmel Studio and reinstalled Visual Micro.

VAssistx now appears - code launched from the windows explorer is color coded correctly - BUILD menu is missing - cannot open new or existing sketch project from Studio 6 

Another pertinent fact might be that this machine also has an installation of microsoft visual studio 2010 version 10.0.40219.1 SP1Rel    VB2010

Can find no reference to Visual Micro within Visual Studio 2010 or any way of opening an arduino file.

Is there a possibility of conflict?

Can't figure a way to install Visual Micro into my version of Visual Studio either.

I use both Atmel Studio and Microsoft Visual Studio

Your continuing assistance is very much appreciated.
  
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Re: Unable to create an Arduino project for ATmel Studio
Reply #11 - Jan 5th, 2014 at 8:42pm
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Hi,

The VS installs do not conflict but Visual Micro will not work in an express version of Visual Studio. You can probably get an academy version of VS 2010/2012 Pro. If you are running pro then you need to ensure you have the VC++ module installed not just VB.

To be clear about a couple of things

1)
After the creation of a new project fails there is a .cppproj file in the new folder with the correct name? If so then please zip and email the contents of the folder with .ino and .cppproj to info [at] visualmicro.com

2)
Have you installed any other Atmel Gallery extensions?

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Reply #12 - Jan 6th, 2014 at 3:38pm
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I Have emailed the requested zip file.

installed extensions include:

Atmel ARM GNU Toolchain
Atmel AVR (8 bit) GNU Toolchain
Atmel Gallery      
Atmel Kits
Atmel Software Framework
AtmelToolchain Provider
AVR macro Assembler
Create Project From Makefile
Visual Assist X for Atmel Studio


Add in's

Visual Micro Arduino

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Re: Unable to create an Arduino project for ATmel Studio
Reply #13 - Jan 6th, 2014 at 3:54pm
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Thanks I have the zip.

It is now clear that the .cppproj I was asking about has not been created. The sketch directory shows 2 files. The arduino .ino source code and an Atmel Studio solution (.asln) but no project.

So we need to look at why the project has not been created. I explained below that when Visual Micro creates a new project it copies an existing empty project from the Visual Micro install folder to the sketch folder.

Before we continue, can you please confirm that this file exists on your machine "C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino\Atmel Studio\Templates\Project\BlankCppProject". There is not need to open this file, please confirm it exists.

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Reply #14 - Jan 6th, 2014 at 4:07pm
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Yes the CppProject exists in the correct path

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Reply #15 - Jan 6th, 2014 at 4:11pm
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Okay thanks. This sounds like the Ide is unable to copy the file when creating a new project.

In a couple of hours I email you a test sketch. It will contain an Atmel project ready to go so just needs to be opened. The result should show us what might be wrong.

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Reply #16 - Jan 6th, 2014 at 4:19pm
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restating  the BlankCppProject.cppproj exists in the correct path
  
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Re: Unable to create an Arduino project for ATmel Studio
Reply #17 - Jan 6th, 2014 at 4:24pm
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Yes thanks. Sounds like we have some strange and simple issues. 

The fact that Visual Micro is unable to copy the cpp to the newly created sketch folder is strange, we haven't had that before and have added better error reporting to this area for the next release.

I suspect other problems will surface when you attempt to open the sketch I send you later. The sketch we send you will already be setup to work in Atmel Studio so it can be opened with the standard Atmel File>Open>project/Solution. Once open we would expect Visual Micro to kick in and handle compilation etc.

I will also test some of the extensions you have listed below to see if there is a conflict.

Thanks for all the info
  
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Re: Unable to create an Arduino project for ATmel Studio
Reply #18 - Jan 6th, 2014 at 7:16pm
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Email sent with a sample Atmel sketch project for you to try. Interested to hear what happens, please send a screen shot after opening the project. Thanks
  
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Reply #19 - Jan 6th, 2014 at 9:08pm
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Screen shots sent - not very interesting
  
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