Hi,

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Since moving from the the old Add-in to a Visual Studio Extension we have had to use the gallery extension version to manage gallery submissions. The gallery extension version is seen in tools>extensions and updates and it is the only version of significance these days. The minor version in tools>options should reflect the gallery extension version. Altering the major version in tools>options causes the visual micro "new release" dialog to appear for users which can be annoying so only happens every few months.

The gallery version is also shown on the download page


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Visual Micro has attempted to do this for a long time because both Visual Studio and Atmel Studio do it for all other types of project. It is also useful for people who don't know how to switch on the temp folder path in the compiler output and for a lot of people who don't understand arduino has a temp build folder.

The "intermediate" location is a common visual studio project property which Visual Micro makes uses of. It is possible that in the last releases if the intermediate folder did not exist then Visual Micro creates it. When in previous releases I think it just skipped the copy. 

I think you should be able to clear the path in "project property pages>intermediate directory" and then Visual Micro will not copy to that location or change to a temp folder that you create on a different disk.

The "output directory" is also used for the final export for some boards. Some newer hardware defs contain a "savehex" instruction which the arduino ide uses to export a resulting bin or elf etc (with the current board variant in the name) to the project folder. Visual Micro allows you to specify an alternate location using the "output directory". By default Visual Studio sets the output directory to "solution/configurationName". You can either move your solution to a different drive or set the path to be a temp folder somewhere that you have created.

Let me know if something doesn't work as stated or is unclear.

The latest release (1807.7) prevents copy of output and also prevents VS2017 ms build from creating the Intermediate Folder unless enabled with a new menu item "vMicro>Compiler>Copy Output to Intermediate"

Thanks

Hello,
it is also important for me. I need output files in project/Release folder and it was so for a long time. Suddenly, on all my PCs this folder moved to C:\users... etc.
In project properties page there is:
Output folder $(SolutionDir)$(Configuration)\ and it definitely points to project/Release folder.

What else do I need to correct?

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2018 at 1:12pm:

It does not help at all. 
I read this notice:https://www.visualmicro.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1530978911/0#0

and tried to change  tools>options>visual micro>compiler>build cores path 
but it makes even more bad. A result is VMBCore folder with a lot subfolders and no binary. And obviously it is not the way everytime setup output folder.

Hi,

All the release notes are here. The forum section in your link is just for interim updates. https://www.visualmicro.com/page/Visual-Micro-Product-Version-History-Fixes-and-...

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I am confused by your request. You do not need to alter the shared cores path. If you want the core to build into the project TEMP folder as it always did then ensure "vMicro>Compiler>Shared Cache For Cores" if OFF

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Your question did not appear to relate to the output of the core but to the final destination (copy of some output). The final destination is configured by the Project Property Pages Intermediate Directory as it has always been but it only happens if you have the "vMicro>Compiler>Always Copy To Intermediate" menu item ON.

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Can you please be more specific about what you are trying to do, what doesn't help at all and what you want to happen?

Thanks

It's working okay for me. 

Try running VS as admin, you might not have permission to create the "Release" folder or create it yourself as a test. D:/Arduino-ESP32-IDE/Proj/ESP32/M5OW/SD_Menu/Release/

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2018 at 1:42pm:

I search it in project folder while it was in solution/Release folder.
But now I checked vMicro>compiler>Always Export Binary
and this is not work:

# Export compiled binary to 'Project>Property Pages>Output Directory'
# Destination: Menu.ino.odroid_esp32.bin
 

When I Ctrl+click on message I got "Cannot find file" and really it does not exists.

Thanks,

Output Directory = D:\Arduino-ESP32-IDE\Proj\ESP32\M5OW\SD_Menu\Release\

It is solution folder while the project folder is: d:\Arduino-ESP32-IDE\Proj\ESP32\M5OW\SD_Menu\M5Stack-SD-Menu\

I'm using ODROID-GO board with modified M5Stack library, allowing to run M5Stack projects directly on ODROID-GO board.

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2018 at 3:43pm:

Not yet.

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2018 at 3:43pm:

I'm ashamed to admit that I have not heard about them.

Thanks again!