Hi,

We have some better options coming along but this might help a little:-

1)

It's only really the code that is important and for arduino the main sketch name must match the name of the folder that contains it. When you open any sketch with Visual Micro,  the project files are recreated if missing.

2)

If you copy the entire folder than also rename the vs/atmel project files in the sketch folder so they have the same name as the sketch and the folder. 

If using atmel studio, when you open the project then you also need to rename the project in the solution explorer before visual micro will work. This is because Atmel differs from Vs where the project file name and internal name are two different things.

3)

You can also copy the entire folder to another location without changing anything or just zip it.

4)

You can rename easily by right clicking the [sketch_name].ino in the solution explorer and click the Visual Micro "Rename sketch" option.

OK. I couldn't see any way to rename the project in the solution explorer (just remove/cut/copy). And it would just say "loading project in the background."

So I deleted and re-added the project files which seems to have gotten past that issue.

But now I'm getting an error on a library #include referenced in one of the libraries I have saved in the project folder:

from .././segs.cpp:756: V:\<project folder>\LPD8806.h(5,22):
error: Arduino.h: No such file or directory

The "LPD8806" library exists in my local Arduino library folder (My Documents/Arduino).

I've tried copying the LPD8806.h/.cpp files to the VM project folder and also copying it in as a subfolder. But nothing seems to resolve.

It also appears this is something that is now afflicting my older VM projects also, this after upgrading to the latest Arduino and the latest VM/Atmel Studio.

I could definitely use a little advice here. I'm kind of lost and I can't compile much of anything. I've actually had to go back to the Arduino IDE (ugh).

It is Atmel Studio.

When I follow the instructions in your #2, the attached image is what I end up with ("loading..."). When I right-click, it only offers "Reload Project" and Cut/Paste/Remove. There is no rename option as there is when the project loads properly.

But as I said, I think I've gotten past that problem by just deleting and re-adding the project files.

My problem now is that imbedded library #include statements are now not working after the VM/AS and Arduino 1.6.4 upgrades. That is also the case for my projects that complied OK previously under VM/AS. (They do compile OK when I just use the Arduino IDE.)

Perhaps I would have done better to ask this as a separate topic then.

I know you said you don't have time to ask questions, but it's very hard for me to anticipate what you need to know since I have no idea what the problem is or where to look.

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2015 at 5:38pm:


I did, but can't get it to work.  Steps:
1. copy entire folder (keeping the original folder name)

2. in the new folder location, start solution

3. rename parent.ino (contains setup() and loop())  to child.ino

4. Visual Micro popup:  "Unable To create a sketch folder With this name 'child'   The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process."


Any ideas?   VisualStudio 15.6.6  VisualMicro 1806.2.1