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herman Junior Member Offline Posts: 47 Joined: Jan 11^th, 2017	Removing reference of shared item project is only effective after rebuild May 29^th, 2022 at 12:32pm	Print Post
	I am evaluating the use of shared item projects. Way of work. I have a Solution (MyLibraries) which includes a Shared item project (LocalUtils1). In the LocalUtils project there is a file LocalDefines1.h Create another Solution (NewSP9SLN) with a Arduino project (NewSP9). Add as existing project the Shared items project LocalUtils1.vcxitems file. Add reference to LocalUtils1 within NewSP9 Compile OK (see initial compile) Add #include "LocalDefines1.h" to NewSP9.ino Compile OK Remove reference from project NewSP9 Intellisense shows that include file is not availabe But still compiles -> expected to fail Clean project Build Clean 'NewSP9' Deleted temporary build folder 'C:\Users\Herman\AppData\Local\Temp\VMBuilds\NewSP9\ArduinoCores_d32\Debug' Solution Clean Complete Intellisense show that include file is not available But still compiles Rebuild project Compile fails as expected See build logs in attached zip Edit : When creating the vcxitems file for a library, are you using a utility program or did you build it yourself ?
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Simon@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 2807 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2019	Re: Removing reference of shared item project is only effective after rebuild Reply #1 - May 30^th, 2022 at 2:59pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the report. When the reference was removed and it still compiled OK, this is due to the LocalDefines1.h still being cached in the build folder. The issue with the Clean appears to be due to the "Build In Project Intermediate" option being enabled in vMicro > General > Global Options. The Clean has cleared the folder in 'C:\Users\Herman\AppData\Local\Temp\VMBuilds\NewSP9\ArduinoCores_d32\Debug', although with the above option enabled your code was actually being built into 'C:\Userdata\VMicro\Projects\NewSP9SLN\NewSP9\Debug\', so the clean had cleared the wrong folder in this scenario, which the rebuild correctly picked up.


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Simon@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 2807 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2019	Re: Removing reference of shared item project is only effective after rebuild Reply #2 - May 31^st, 2022 at 4:23pm	Print Post
	The latest release (22.04.29-5) should resolve the issues with the Clean action when using the Build In Project Intermediate, and is available from the top of the below board: https://www.visualmicro.com/forums/YaBB.pl?board=VS_ARDUINO_EXT_RELEASES


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herman Junior Member Offline Posts: 47 Joined: Jan 11^th, 2017	Re: Removing reference of shared item project is only effective after rebuild Reply #3 - Jun 1^st, 2022 at 12:46pm	Print Post
	Confirmed working OK now.


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