Add Extension to VS 2022-searching for "platformio" returns nothing

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I typed “platformio” in the search window of VS Extension Manager and it says “loading” and never lists anything. What am I doing wrong ? I even tried entering just “Platform” (no quotes) and it gave me about 150 entries before I gave up.

Thanks
Tom

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You need Visual Studio Code not Visual Studio.

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When you install the PlatformIO core you can create a project and export it to be used inside Visual Studio as is documented.

Note that it simply exports it as a Makefile project which Visual Studio can handle.

Otherwise, for best integration, you will want to use VisualStudio Code, not Visual Studio. There is no native PlatformIO extensino for Visual Studio, the integration simply manually sets up the include paths and the compiler for intellisense and calls into pio run for building.

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Thanks so much for prompt reply-YOU FIXED IT!

Community works best when we all agree that sometimes we forget to read EACH word…

Tom