Greetings- 

I followed the instructions on setting up the ESP8266 for OTA programming using the Arduino IDE: https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp8266-ota-updates-with-arduino-ide-over-the-ai...

However I'd really prefer to program with VisualMicro in VisualStudio. I tried to add a "Post Build Event" to call the python script that sends OTA code to the ESP8266. I can do this successfully from a DOS prompt, however it seems nothing happens in VisualStudio at build time. Its like the setting is just ignored: no error, no additional output. I was wondering if the Build Events are implemented for a VisualMicro project? 

I saw some older posts that build events were not supported, however this more recent page indicates they are: http://www.visualmicro.com/post/2017/03/20/Arduino-Custom-Build-Events.aspx

I am using VisualMicro 1707.14.9 installed just today. VisualStudio is:

Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 
Version 15.2 (26430.15) Release
VisualStudio.15.Release/15.2.0+26430.15
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.7.02046

I have more details in my blog post here: https://gojimmypi.blogspot.com/2017/07/esp8266-ota-water-pressure-flow-monitor.h...

Thanks. 

p.s. the forum search returns nothing for "build events" (without quotes)

AHA! Thanks so much for your prompt reply! It works!  

I did not notice that the dropdown for serial port allowed text to be typed there. Good that there's note about pressing ENTER, too.  

That's really a quite cool feature.