Hi, I have been using Visual micro with Atmel Studio for some time with good results but I have now hit a problem that I can't get around. 

I want to use the cheaper ethernet module based on the ENC28J60. To do this I need to use the UIP Ethernet Library. Using the Arduino IDE 1.0.5 all works fine, I installed the UIP library compiled a library example and all worked using a Duemilanove.

But how do I do the same using Visual Micro (latest download) and Atmel Studio (6.2) running under Windows 8.1  16 bit.

The Visual Micro documentation for adding a library says use Project> Add/Import sketch library> User. But I can't do this as the User menu item is greyed out. Hovering over it gives a tooltip "adding child items to this menu will enable it".

I have tried manually adding the new library to the libraries folders under both the Arduino ide folder and the sketchbook folder, as I did for the Arduino IDE which works, but to no avail. 

I'm sure I must be missing something fairly obvious, can someone help please?

thanks

Hi,

C:\Users\Ken Spurling\Documents\Arduino. This has a folder libraries which contains folder UIPEthernet which is a copy off the equivalent Arduino IDE folder that works.

thanks

Hi Ken,

Thanks for all the great info by email. I found the problem it's a good one.

First of all visual micro should find the library regardless of where it is located (arduinoide/libraries or sketchbook/libraries). Sketchbook libs should take precedence because only one can be used during compile (based on the arduino.cc rules). 

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Arduino are in the process of moving to a new library format. Visual Micro supports both/all formats but auto detects the latest format by checking for an arduino library.properties file which isn't really needed for older format libraries and hasn't up until now been present.

The UIPEthernet library is an old format library but contains library.properties file. You can delete or rename the file then click the "tools>visual micro>reload tool chains" menu. The library should then appear on the menu. The file isn't needed by either visual micro or the arduino 1.0.5 ide. In fact it isn't currently needed by any of the arduino ide's while the library is in 1.0.x format.

It might be a good idea to re-start the ide.


EDITED

Hi Tim,

Hey I have just realized I do have that menu item, it's platform explorer isn't it. Use it all the time but only just noticed the window comes up as Micro Explorer. Sorry for the misunderstanding.