Thanks for the report. That new board.source.path property had not been added o visual micro

Please try the latest beta which has just been refreshed

Thanks

Yes it has been updated

It's not the same problem

Previously you saw the following because the new {build.source.path} was not defined.

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Now, with Sp3 you can see the file is passed correctly to your .exe and your .exe is able to echo it. So your event is working okay.

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The question now is what is throwing the final error expecting to find a file? I will check that Visual Micro is ignoring the return value but please also ensure your code is not throwing the error.

Thanks

edit: Just looked at Visual Micro. If it encounters an error running your exe it prints a very obvious message. So at a quick glance it looks like your .exe is outputting the message.

Hi,

Yes I just tried it in the Arduino Ide and get this error

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It's not a problem just a misunderstanding of how the pre and post build events work.

Arduino works the same way to run the compile which uses often uses avrdude.exe which is passed information as {paramaters} 

You are expect to create an .exe that accepts as many arguments as you need. 

Something like this for example where you have created a myBuilder.exe and put it in a folder you have created called c:\myevents :-

recipe.hooks.prebuild.0.pattern="c:\myevents\myBuilder.exe" "PreBuild0" "{build.source.path}"

In Visual Studio you can click "File>New>project" and create either a windows console application, windows forms or wpf application all of which compile into a .exe. In this case you would call the project (or set the output to) "myBuilder"

If you use C# you will find a program.cs with a single method called main which is passed an array of args[]

in the above example args[0] will contain "PreBuild0" and args[1] will contains the path of the sketch folder

In VB the file is Program.vb and the args must be accessed using brackets args(1)

Does this make sense?

Sorry I don't understand.

Create a console application using Visual Studio as described below it's easier and also you don't bump into problem with double quotes. A .net console app is just an exe of your own but the .net language gives you a great deal of power, it makes the cmd prompt look like a kids toy.

If I recall the .net the file copy command is File.Copy(sourcePath,destPath)

All of the pc environment vars are available to your console app. You can show the ui or not it's up to you. You can use std output and std error to pump messages back to visual micro same as the compiler tools.

The sketch path you are already passing in your definition and if you look at boards.txt and more importantly platform.txt you will see more params. 

What is it you want to do?

Uggh. Please let me explain a few things.

I only use windows and Visual Studio. I have no knowledge of Linux.

I did not know you are using Atmel Studio, most users are using Visual Studio

I provide a free plugin and free forum for Atmel Studio and Visual Studio for people who use Arduino. My software replicates the Arduino build process 100%. The process is designed by Arduino and makes it very simple for people to build their sketches and upload without need for any complexity.

I have clearly described to you how to build windows programs, not Linux programs. The simple fact is that you say you use windows but you have no experience of how to build a windows program.

The pre and post build feature of the Arduino system is again designed by Arduino. Visual Micro is advertised as being 100% arduino compatible to build Arduino programs.

The pre and post build events are new and only in the beta because Arduino also have only just designed and released the feature.

So to recap.

You have jumped in making a seriously strange number of assumptions. Not read anything about what Arduino is. Not followed a simple set of instructions which other people happily work with. Consumed free support time, not read posts properly or answer my questions.

I am sorry you have not achieved what you wanted to achieve but I really have invested time in trying to help you and you really have made many wrong assumptions. I've put a great deal of effort into the software and this forum and fortunately people who really want to use their Arduino's get satisfaction from the software and support.

In this case I feel like you are shooting the messenger. All I have done is educated you and explained how you can make arduino work on windows. I am not Arduino, they are a hardware company that make a lot of money from selling hardware and I am not Atmel, they are the company who asked me to make Visual Micro work in Atmel Studio for free and also a company that makes a lot of money from selling hardware.

So what exactly are you saying to me about Linux? (I suggested writing your command.exe in Visual Studio which is the Microsoft dev environment and suggested build a windows console app or windows form app etc)

Arduino is excellent for most exactly because you don't have to mess with any build events. Doesn't sound like the tool for you at all.

edit: Maybe you thought you needed to use command line but you don't that is simply an option for advanced users.. Please don't shoot the messenger that has tried to help you.


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I just reread your message. Maybe you are confused about how to build arduino programs. You just pick your board from the tool bar and click debug>start with or without debugging. http://www.visualmicro.com/page/User-Guide.aspx?doc=index

I think this is just a whole bunch of confusion from reading the beta release notes. Please see the compile and upload docs they are designed for students 

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