Visual Studio 1.8.0 can't resolve variable

RE: Visual Studio 1.8.0 can't resolve variable

Elfving — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 07:41:09 GMT

Hey again John!

I am glad that you have gotten at least one of the NCS versions to work. Let me know if you want to work more on getting version 1.8 to work though, it should be as easy as any of the others.

When it comes to the issue you have described below, did you remember to add a build configuration? It seems like you have forgotten to create one, and it is required to build a project.

Best regards,

Elfving

RE: Visual Studio 1.8.0 can't resolve variable

Soupdragon — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 10:37:26 GMT

OK I've given up with VS Code 1.8.0.

Installing 1.7.1 seems to solve all my problems. Happy to close this ticket.

RE: Visual Studio 1.8.0 can't resolve variable

Soupdragon — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 17:45:00 GMT

Alas no luck. I've done a full re-installation as per instructions. Then I followed the nFR Connect for VS Code 'to the letter'. Very carefully. The only difference is that I used the latest 1.8.0 instead of 1.6.1. Everything seemed to go well until I tried to build the first example based on 'Blinky'. See the error below:

west: error: argument <command>: invalid choice: 'build' (choose from 'init', 'update'.....

I don't know what else I can do. I'm beginning to feel Nordic products are not for me because the toolchain is too flaky,

RE: Visual Studio 1.8.0 can't resolve variable

Elfving — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 08:17:39 GMT

Hello!

Yeah I agree that trying a re-installation is a good idea. Though Visual Studio Code itself can be a bit hard to re-install at times - as there is a lot of data being installed in several places. I have had issues with this myself.

Take a look here and see if any of the suggestions help.

Best regards,

Elfving

RE: Visual Studio 1.8.0 can't resolve variable

Elfving — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 08:09:56 GMT

Hello!

[quote user="Soupdragon"]often the 'Flash' and 'Erase Flash' ACTIONS are not available.[/quote][quote user="Soupdragon"]I get a variety of problems, that all seem to go away if I exit Visual Studio and then restart it.[/quote]

It will look a bit more organized when you press the nRF Connect for VS Code extention logo (second from the bottom on the left there).

That should also make the actions available, and might also explain why the "issues" are gone when you restart it from nRF Connect for Desktop. But in case it doesn't, see my response below.

Best regards,

Elfving

RE: Visual Studio 1.8.0 can't resolve variable

Soupdragon — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:27:44 GMT

I think this is seriously messed up:

RE: Visual Studio 1.8.0 can't resolve variable

Soupdragon — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:15:13 GMT

Hi Elfving,

many thanks for your prompt response.

I am using WIndows 10

Yes I've been playing around all morning. I've got lpuart, threads, blinky and a few other samples.

I get a variety of problems, that all seem to go away if I exit Visual Studio and then restart it.So I can get hello_world, blinky etc working, but not straight away. There are build problems, and often the 'Flash' and 'Erase Flash' ACTIONS are not available. But all this goes away and everything works if I restart after build.

I think my installation might be a bit flaky. Is there a way of removing 1.8.0 and reinstalling a pristine version ?
I've notice that if I use toolchain manager to remove VS Code, it doesn't actually remove all the files/directories. So I suspect re-install isn't pristine.

RE: Visual Studio 1.8.0 can't resolve variable

Elfving — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 10:46:13 GMT

Hi John!

Are you using Windows? And are you able to open any of the other examples avaiable? Eg. Blinky or hello world?

Best regards,

Elfving