Hi

You might need to click the "Reply" button to add a reply with attachments. The quick reply at the top or bottom of this page offers less functionality.

Libraries work the same way as Arduino libraries which is slightly different to normal progamming. If anything it is supposed to be easier. You don't need libraries to show in the solution they are discovered from the #include's withing the code.

We do offer more advanced library management but for new Arduino users it is better not to include them in the solution that way things work the same as is documented for the Arduino IDE.

If you have installed an arduino library that simply means it has been copied to your "sketch book folder"/libraries. The arduino sketch book folder is usually documents/arduino.

I suggest you remove libs from the solution, have only your arduino project then try to build. If that fails then we need to see which settings you might  have altered so that we can explain what is happening. For that we need the information requested in the yellow box near the top of this page.

Some docs also here if that helps https://www.visualmicro.com/page/User-Guide.aspx?doc=index

I did send an email with the build file (at least I think it is what you wanted). And I am continuing to try to get visual micro working as it seems like a fantastic program, but so far I am not up and running reliably yet. in any case I discovered this line in a previous exchange wich was simply beyond my ability to respond to at the time.  

When you open the examples from the Visual Micro Explorer, are you clicking on the *.ino file name (which opens the example from the library), or on the example name (which offers to Open Copy, or Open Original)?

But with further investigation, I am either not clear on what you mean or the program is responding oddly.  I did ONCE get the offer to open copy or open original, but don't know how I got there.  Also, after I opened a copy, I had no idea where it was saving to, and it did not tell me to change the name (so as not to overwrite the original).  In any case I tried to find the difference between opening *.ino or the alternative, but I don't know what you mean by just opening the "file" name or the "example" name.  it seems if I click on the "example" (which seems to be the folder) it just drills down to the files and I have a choice of selecting an .ino or a .sln or .vcxproj   file. 

Also my arduino path file is   C:\Users\donwi\OneDrive\Documents\Arduino    note the "OneDrive"  this is also the path that occurs in the VM location section and this is where the Arduino installer put it.   I have tried changing this (in both places, Arduino and VM)   to get rid of "OneDrive", but this seems to make no difference. I have also reinstalled Arduino from scratch as well as VM.   I am totally at a loss here.   I am pretty sure once I get this path, permission, whatever issue is solved, I am going to love the app, but so far it is a bit frustrating  BTW I had already read and reread the info you sent in the last link.   I am puzzled

thanks for your help

Thanks for the screen shot. You are doing some good stuff!

I think there is some confusion with use of shared libraries. Remove the two "References" from the sketch project and it will work okay.

You can optionally remove the two library shared projects from the solution.

I have seen that problem where you can't add an attachment. It seems to happen if you click the link in an email notification. Navigating to the "Installation & troubleshooting" forum board and open this post then it works better. We will look into that thanks.