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The_Specialist Full Member Offline Posts: 228 Joined: Jul 1^st, 2020	How to configure the Arduino IDE? Jan 21^st, 2023 at 11:54pm	Print Post
	Hi, I have upgraded to windows to 11, because windows 7 was not working very well anymore. I have created a D drive where I want to place my project folder. These are the default paths... Arduino project folder C:\Users\User\Documents\Arduino Visual Studio project folder C:\Users\User\source\repos Now how do I setup the project folder location to the data drive? In the past I did it like this... Visual Studio project folder D:\Documents\Software\Code\VisualStudio\2022 Arduino project folder D:\Documents\Software\Code\VisualStudio\2022\Arduino Arduino libraries folder D:\Documents\Software\Code\VisualStudio\2022\Arduino\libraries Esp framework folder (github extension download) D:\Documents\Software\Code\VisualStudio\2022\Arduino\hardware\espressif\esp32 And it worked, only I had the annoying messages when I opened Arduino IDE "Lib can not be used by Arduino IDE", because they where manually installed or downloaded But at least it worked. Advantages - Arduino IDE could download libs in the folder that can be used by Visual Micro. - Arduino IDE could find the Github downloaded ESP framework, So it did work in Visual Micro too. Q1. Now My question is how would you organize all those folders to get rid of the those messages when starting Arduino IDE and have all other things working? I want to install esp framework manually according to this documentation. https://docs.espressif.com/projects/arduino-esp32/en/latest/installing.html Q2. Do I need to set in the IDE config of Visual Micro the "Optional physical folder for downloaded boards packages to" D:\Documents\Software\Code\VisualStudio\2022\Arduino\hardware\ ?
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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12191 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: How to configure the Arduino IDE? Reply #1 - Jan 22^nd, 2023 at 1:38pm	Print Post
	In the arduino ide, file>preferences. Set the sketch book folder to "D:\Documents\Software\Code\VisualStudio\2022\Arduino" Make sure that you have NOT set a sketch book folder in the Visual Micro IDE locations windows. Settings the Arduino sketch book folder path means the following:- Opening a project will show projects from the sketch book folder. Downloading or using a custom library will use "[sketch book foler]/libraries" Manually installed hardware would be found in "[sketch book foler]/hardware" Visual Micro works the same as the Arduino IDE and uses the same settings. The doc in your link shows the [ARDUINO_SKETCHBOOK_DIR] in the paths. That means the sketch book book folder. If you decide to change any paths in visual studio options they will only relate to which folder is shown when you add or open a project using the visual studio file>open commands. The visual micro "file open" commands use the sketch book folder to show a list of projects. It doesn't matter where you open a project from. The important point is that the libraries and manually installed custom hardware will be found below the sketch book folder. If using arduino 1x, then only enter the arduino ide 1x path when configuring visual micro IDE locations. If using arduino 2x don't enter any paths, always configure the sketch book path in the arduino IDE. This means that both arduino and visual micro will use same configuration. NOTE: It is not recommended to use manually installed board packages unless you are very clear about the libraries you will be using and the board package versions the libraries are designed for. Pulling the sources from github moves away from the "known" board package versions potentially causing difficult to solve compiler errors.
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The_Specialist Full Member Offline Posts: 228 Joined: Jul 1^st, 2020	Re: How to configure the Arduino IDE? Reply #2 - Jan 25^th, 2023 at 3:25pm	Print Post
	Currently I am using one Arduino IDE 2.0.6. So I set the path in the IDE to the folder of the path on my D:\ partition. Later on, if I install Arduino IDE 1.8.6... then I don't need to set the path anymore. Did I understand It right? In visual micro I don't set the path. Now, I don't use Arduino IDE, so what is the best way to download hardware or libraries quickly. Download in Visual Micro Explorer?


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12191 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: How to configure the Arduino IDE? Reply #3 - Jan 25^th, 2023 at 3:29pm	Print Post
	If you use arduino 1 then you also need to set the sketchbook folder in the file>prefs The only reason for using the arduino ide file>prefs is to avoid confusion. It means that both arduino and visual micro are using the same paths. You can then use board manager and library manager in visual micro or the arduino ide. The result will be the same.


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