Hi,

This might help.

1)

Arduino allows "Arduino format" libraries to be included in a sketch without supplying an include path. This means Arduino has fixed published locations where it expects to find the libraries and that Visual Micro has to automatically find the lib paths, this is the same way that the Arduino works.

2)

You can include libraries in external cpp/h files but the Arduino rules are that the headers must also be included in the [sketch_name].ino. This is how Arduino and Visual Micro find the correct include paths for the compiler. You don't have to use the libs in the sketch code but you must #include them.

3)

The menu "project>add/import sketch library" can be used to see all installed libs, click one and the correct #includes will be added to your sketch which saves you having to find them and also shows what you have installed.

4)

The "micro explorer>library manager" allows you to easily install new libraries either via auto download (if listed) or via zip

5)

Visual Micro follows the Arduino rules so a search on google for the Arduino solution will always give the answer

Thanks

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