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Ram and file usage
Dec 22nd, 2015 at 9:20pm
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Hi,

Am beginner using Studio 6.2 and VM(Arduino1.0).

Wanted to check the ram usage and tried to follow this VM info -
" To open the project properties window, click on the Project Properties Toolbar Settings icon in the Micro Project toolbar."

Problem is  I cannot find this Micro Project toolbar and though I can  find a  Properties box its just empty.

The second problem is that as I construct my code I want to save/backup the current code before moving on to the next section.
If I save the code within the project  under a different name, when I compile the original code it gives errors like "previously declared here" until I remove the backup file.

If I backp to an location outside the project it works ok.
Is there a easy way to keep these backup file in the same project folder ?

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Re: Ram and file usage
Reply #1 - Dec 22nd, 2015 at 9:23pm
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Hi,

1)
The documentation relates to the current release of all products. Atmel studio 6.2 and Arduino 1.0 are rather old now and it was too difficult/confusing for most users to maintain older documentation.

In 6.2 you need to right click the project name in the solution explorer and click View Properties. Or, with the project selected in the solution explorer press ALT+ENTER

2)
The rules for an Arduino project are that the folder name and the master .ino name must be the same. 

The additional rules for Visual Micro are that the atmel project name must also be the same ad the folder and .ino. 

NB: Atmel has a .ccpproj file name(s) and a solution explorer name.

An option is always to delete the visual micro/atmel studio project files and the __vm sub folder then reopen the .ino using "File>Open>Arduino project". Visual micro will recreate the project adding all files from the physical sketch/project folder to a new project.

3)
Finally keep in mind that Arduino compiles all files in the sketch folder. So leaving stray files in the sketch/project folder will be compiled regardless of their inclusion in the actual project. (This is all optional in the recent releases for Visual Studio 2015 (free) and not quite so recent Atmel Studio 7 version)
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Reply #2 - Dec 23rd, 2015 at 1:10pm
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Tim ,
Many thanks for the guidance, have updated to Studio7, current VM and Andunio 1.67.
  
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