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Can't select the arduino ide in visual micro, but I can see it in the explorer
Dec 26th, 2019 at 2:34pm
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Hi,

I have installed visual micro for visual studio and I have selected the correct version and path for the arduino IDE that I have installed. 
In the visual micro explorer I can see my arduino IDE and all the boards, libraries and examples are all there (as can be seen in the attached picture). However, I can't select them in visual studio itself.
Also when I try to open an arduino project with visual micro I get the following message:

Error during processing of the command. Please review or post the stack trace in the www.visualmicro.com forumObject reference not set to an instance of an object. (Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.Helper.SolutionOpenArduinoSketch)
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.SketchUtils.OpenSketchFilePicker(MCUApplication mcuApp, Object VmVsPackage)
   at Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.AddInApp.ExecCmd(String commandName)

On my desktop I have it working flawlessly, but on my laptop I have these issues.
So does anyone know how I could fix this?
  
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Re: Can't select the arduino ide in visual micro, but I can see it in the explorer
Reply #1 - Dec 26th, 2019 at 6:36pm
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Did you click cancel when prompted to activate or start a trial?
  
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There wasn't an option to cancel only a close button which I did click.
But on my other pc it does work and there I also closed all the prompts that asked me to activate it, so I would be surprised if that is the issue.
  
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Reply #3 - Dec 26th, 2019 at 7:58pm
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Sorry I meant close.

Now that your trial has ended you need to buy and then you will have a key that you can activate.

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Reply #4 - Dec 27th, 2019 at 8:14pm
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I am having the same issue. I also just have the demo version. Are you saying that it will not work now unless I pay for the full license? I thought it was supposed to keep working after the demo ended. Is there perhaps something else I've done wrong?
  
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Reply #5 - Dec 27th, 2019 at 8:17pm
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Sorry the demo is a full trial. The product has not been free for a long time. The daily nag screen has asked people to buy on a trust basis but that changed when the "Start trial" button was added to the nag screen.

Personal use is only $19 for a year.

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Reply #6 - Dec 27th, 2019 at 9:37pm
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The strange thing is that it does work on my other computer, where I did not start a trial or buy the full version. Instead, I can just click close every time and everything works fine. So how come that this isn't the case for this device.
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Reply #7 - Dec 27th, 2019 at 9:42pm
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It's not so strange. The other device is also asking you to buy. A three machine license at $29+tax would save any concern.
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Then I will just have to buy a license I think.
Thanks for your help!
  
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