Something seems to have changed with my installation of Visual Micro in Visual Studio 2022 Community - selecting libraries from the options in the "Add Libraries" menu no longer adds the corresponding header file(s) to my code(?).  This is the case for both built-in libraries, or libraries I've added (mostly for ESP32 development using the Arduino framework).   

I have the same problem trying to add libraries from the Micro Explorer - hovering over an installed library, the tool tip shows "Clicking on this item when a sketch is open..." as I am used to but clicking on the library name does nothing - i.e., no header is added to the open .ino file.

Micro Build Output window content is attached.

Is it possible I changed a setting someplace?  Please tell me what additional information may be helpful to help me get this resolved - thank you!

Before & after screens attached - thanks for the quick attention!

Wrong tab selected in last - apologies, but thanks again for the prompt support...

CSSModuleESP32.ino, the main file for the project.   

I took a screen shot but the forum interface lost the attach file fields.

Yes, restarted a couple times.  I will keep looking through my settings, try a couple things, like start a new solution and see if the problem persists.  If so, maybe uninstall/reinstall VM.   

Thanks again for the responsiveness - I will certainly let you know if I learn any clues.

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Oct 13^th, 2023 at 6:12pm:


Thanks for saving me the trouble of trying the uninstall/reinstall.

I found the problem does NOT persist when I start a new project, even a new project added to the same solution.  That is, selecting a library to add, either built-in or user added, and from either the tool bar, menu or VM Explorer, successfully adds the proper #include line to the project .ino file.

Hope this helps - happy to provide a solution containing 'working' and 'non-working' project files if they would be of use.

Thanks, Tim - email sent.

One other observation that may help is that selecting a library to add to this project, such as by selecting an installed library from the “Add Library” item on the Visual Micro menu, DOES add the appropriate files to the “External Dependencies” folder in the Solution Explorer.  It just fails to add the # include statement(s).

Hope this helps, and thanks again for the great extension, and for the support.

Tim,

Sorry, but I do not understand what you mean by "non-project" code.  The only code files in the project folder are the INO (in the root project folder) and then all of my H and CPP files (in the \src folder).  I verified using "Folder View" in the Solution Explorer with "Show All Files" enabled.  I don't see what "non-project" code there is to remove?

I got the problem sorted - nothing wrong with Visual Micro, but learned I have to be careful renaming things.  I had renamed both the Project name (in the Solution Explorer) and the INO file, and the two matched, but renaming the project from inside Visual Studio did NOT rename the underlying vcxproj file.   

Changing the underlying Visual Studio file names to match those displayed in the Solution Explorer fixed the issue - Visual Micro again adds the appropriate include statement(s) when adding a library to the project.

Good to know, Tim.  Thanks again, and have a great weekend!