I'm having an issue where in VS Under Project->Add Import Sketch Library->Core only shows 5 libraries: Common, EEPROM, SoftwareSerial, SPI, and Wire.  This is a new install on a new computer, so I don't believe there are 3rd party compatibility issues here.

I'm using the latest Arduino (1.5.6-r2), as there was an incompatibility with Arduino 1.0.5 where the board types dropdown would not populate.

All the libraries show up in the Arduino IDE, so I don't know what hack/tweak would be needed to get them to show up in VS.  Any help would be much appreciated.  Please don't ask me to uninstall/reinstall again - I've already tried that 4 times with no luck...

Version 1.1401.26

Hello Visual Micro,

I'm experiencing the same problem as johng.
It looks like I'm having the same configuration, that is:
* Arduino IDE: ARDUINO 1.5.6-r2
* Visual Micro plug-in for VS: 1.1401.26

I was advised to install this “nightly build” Arduino version in order to be sure that I'm able to use my TFT display shield from Arduino. And indeed I have no problem using it with this Arduino IDE version – the TFT library appears in the library menu, I can include it and it works.

However, given the unfortunate limitations of the Arduino IDE, I installed the Visual Micro plug-in for VS. I admit it looks great and very promising. Unfortunately, I don't see the TFT library able to be included from Project / Add/Import Sketch Library / Core. As johng mentioned, there are only 5 libraries available in this menu (out of 23 in Arduino) and no TFT library.

I cannot use an earlier (1.0.5) Arduino IDE (explained already why). 
On the other hand, as mentioned on your site, the latest beta version of Visual Micro must be installed in order to work with Arduino 1.5.x. I did it (installed VM 1.1401.26). If this isn't the mentioned beta, then where is this beta?

Now, from your answer to johng, should I understand that “works” means “partially works” and that VM recognizes in fact only the “old style” libraries of Arduino 1.5.x? Then what's the benefit of installing the recommended beta?

Maybe I'm missing something?

I tried everything I could imagine. Since TFT.h was not recognized when #included in the code, I tried to add the path to the TFT library in the project's Include Directories section. Now TFT.h can be accessed by VM (with intellisense available etc.), but the compilation fails when adding a simple TFT variable, with the message “'TFT' does not name a type”. It could be, I think, because the actual .cpp.o file that is generated based on the .ino resides in another folder than the .ino. It's just a guess, and maybe not important. The fact is that I'm stuck.

So what can I do now (other than going back to the Arduino IDE that looks quite poor after experiencing with your plug-in)?

Thanks

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Mar 13^th, 2014 at 11:51am:


Thanks for your quick answer, but...

Still I'm not sure what you mean by "all the libraries should show correctly". Can you confirm that the above mentioned versions of Arduino and VS work perfectly together and that you see - in this combination of versions - all the libraries displayed in the VS menu?

Should I understand that - by using this combination of IDE versions - I should see all the Arduino libraries in VM/VS? That meaning that I have a local problem on my computer?
Please consider that both me and @johng have exactly the same problem on different machines, which doesn't seem to indicate a local problem.

It would be quite helpful if you could simply confirm if, by using the mentioned versions of Arduino and VM on your machine, you see all the Arduino libraries displayed in the VS menu, or not.


Don't get me wrong, it's not a big deal if these versions don't work correctly together yet, it's just that being exact in your affirmation would help me to avoid to spend more time if the problem is not on my side.

So do you see on your machine all the 23 Arduino libraries in the Visual Studio menu when you use combined these two ultimate versions of Arduino and VM?

Wow! The last reply was enlightening.
I installed the 1403.03a BETA version and this solved the problem. The Arduino 1.5.6 libraries are now available in VS, I've made a few tests and it works like a breeze.

Thanks a lot for your support. And congrats for this beautiful piece of software.