VS Arduino - Problem not compiling after renaming project

Apr 23^rd, 2024 at 8:34am (UTC)

Before logging an issue, please update to the latest release of Visual Micro from the Downloads Page.

When Logging a Support Issue in the Forum, please ensure you have also:-

Save the new Output to a Text File and....

Support requests without the output above may be impossible to answer, so please help us to help you

VS Arduino › Visual Micro › Microchip Studio (Atmel Studio 7) › Problem not compiling after renaming project

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Pages: 1

Problem not compiling after renaming project (Read 5092 times)

JohnAm Junior Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Jul 25^th, 2015	Problem not compiling after renaming project Aug 18^th, 2016 at 9:25pm	Print Post
	Hi, I tried to rename a project and it stopped compiling. After this i made a copy of the project and then renamed manually. Now i get this: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.SketchCode.countLines(String what) at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.SketchCode.getLineCount() at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.SketchBuilder.preprocess(String buildPath, PdePreprocessor preprocessor, Boolean PreProcessOnly) at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.SketchBuilder.preprocess(String buildPath, Boolean PreProcessOnly) at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.SketchBuilder._build(String lbuildPath, Boolean verbose, Boolean PreProcessOnly) at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.SketchBuilder._build(Boolean verbose) at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.SketchBuilder.build(Boolean verbose) at Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.AddInApp._CompileDo(Project oProject, Boolean IsDebugStartCommand, Boolean isRebuild) at Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.AddInApp.CompileDo(Project oProject, Boolean IsDebugStartCommand, Boolean isRebuild) at Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.AddInApp.OnBeforeCommandEvent(String sGuid, Int32 ID, Object CustomIn, Object CustomOut, Boolean& CancelDefault) Any ideas?


	IP Logged

JohnAm Junior Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Jul 25^th, 2015	Re: Problem not compiling after renaming project Reply #1 - Aug 18^th, 2016 at 9:35pm	Print Post
	Ok, it seems i have to start from a clean project created via VM to get different names. No prob.


	IP Logged

Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12076 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Problem not compiling after renaming project Reply #2 - Aug 18^th, 2016 at 9:38pm	Print Post
	Hi, If you right click and rename the project_name.ino visual micro should handle the rename for you. There is some new caching that might become confused after the rename in which case restart the ide (still to be tested) The project name, containing folder and a .ino file must all share the same name otherwise visual micro will not attempt to handle the compilation.


	WWW IP Logged

JohnAm Junior Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Jul 25^th, 2015	Re: Problem not compiling after renaming project Reply #3 - Aug 19^th, 2016 at 11:16am	Print Post
	Thanks I suppose the easiest procedure is to create a new project via the VM menu and then copy paste the code to the .ino, and include any .h or .c files the project is using. I did that and it works fine. Otherwise (trying to rename from inside AT7) leads to names inconsistency and makes AT7 or/and VM go nuts.


	IP Logged

Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12076 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Problem not compiling after renaming project Reply #4 - Aug 19^th, 2016 at 11:46am	Print Post
	Did try what I said by renaming the project_name.ino? Did you see the visual micro workflow that executes when you do that?


	WWW IP Logged

JohnAm Junior Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Jul 25^th, 2015	Re: Problem not compiling after renaming project Reply #5 - Aug 20^th, 2016 at 3:01pm	Print Post
	Hm, no i haven't tried to be honest. When i renamed the project, i don't remember the sequence of the actions i did, perhaps i also renamed the folder from the outside. or the .ino file. I can't be sure. It went mad and i' m still a bit anxious about messing with Atmel studio so when i found how to do it properly i didn't tried again. Everything works fine, VM is great. Now i moved again to my i-5 laptop and it is way more quick than my i-3. I program my c++ interface in vs2008 express and the 6 arduino (3 due + 3 uno) with Atmel Studio and Visual Micro. Everything is rock solid...


	IP Logged

Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12076 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Problem not compiling after renaming project Reply #6 - Aug 20^th, 2016 at 3:16pm	Print Post
	Ok great to hear that thanks. Don't worry to much about renaming. It's easier than it might seem. as long as project, project folder and an .ino file have the same name visual micro should sort itself out. Atmel studio keeps an internal project name so you also have to use the solution explorer to right click and rename a project (not just rename of .ccproj) Another thing that might help show the simplicity of the visual studio design is to use notepad to edit/view the .sln file. You will see it simply points to one or more project files. If you also use notepad to edit cppproj or the vs vcxproj files they contain the relative paths to the included files. You can copy/edit these files if need be.


	WWW IP Logged

JohnAm Junior Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Jul 25^th, 2015	Re: Problem not compiling after renaming project Reply #7 - Aug 20^th, 2016 at 5:19pm	Print Post
	I 'll check this out. Thanks


	IP Logged

Pages: 1

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›