Hello

I've been trying to add compilation events to Visual Studio. Apparently, Visual Micro isn't using these events because it uses a non-standard compiler. I want to run a script before the program is compiled, that is, before the files that are later compiled are copied to the buffer. The script automatically generates code related to the project and must be included in the compilation. My attempts with Arduino Custom Build Events and Hooks haven't been successful because the files were copied before execution. I only achieved something similar by manually copying the file into the buffer folder in the script. This only partially solved the problem because, depending on the settings, these Arduino events may be in use, causing them to run inconsistently. For example, when I included a custom partition table, my script stopped calling because the number was already in use for that event by the partition table.
Is there a way to automatically run a script before copying files, whether from Visual Micro, Visual Studio, or a third party?

I have a script that runs to update a version number in a header file that is run before the project is compiled. I have the following command in the board.txt file

# Increment version before build
recipe.hooks.sketch.prebuild.1.pattern=cmd.exe /c {build.project_path}\version.bat {build.project_path}\fwversion.h

In my case this runs the version.bat script to update fwversion.h, which is in my project, before the files are copied and compiled, but I guess the script could be anything.

If you have a script that can prepare everything for compilation then running it this way should do what you want.

Maybe this is what you are looking for?

The contents of my version.bat file is as follows (if of interest)
@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set file=%1

for /F "tokens=1-3 delims=N " %%a in (%file%) do (
   for %%A in (%%a %%b %%c) do set "i=%%A"
)
set /a i=i+1
echo #define FWVERSION %i% > %file%