Visual Studio Support Settings

The Visual Studio Support page in wRTOS Settings displays the status of Microsoft Visual Studio versions present on the machine, and provides resources for getting started with Visual Studio.

Note: Some changes to wRTOS Settings require a restart of the Subsystem. When the Subsystem needs to be restarted, a prompt will appear in the wRTOS Settings footer.

In this section:

Visual Studio Status
Resources

Accessing Visual Studio Support Settings

Visual Studio Status

The table on the Visual Studio Support page displays the status of all Visual Studio versions present on the machine.

Visual Studio version	Status
The Visual Studio version(s) present on the machine, displayed in this format: Visual Studio <Year> (<Version Number>) For example: Visual Studio 2022 (v17.4)	Displays the status of the Visual Studio version(s) on the machine: Installed (wRTOS VSIX file name) – The wRTOS VSIX package is installed for that Visual Studio version. You can use that version of Visual Studio with the wRTOS SDK. Install now – The wRTOS VSIX package is not installed for that Visual Studio version. Click Install now to install the necessary VSIX package. Not supported – The Visual Studio version is not supported by the wRTOS SDK version(s) on the machine.

Visual Studio version

Status

The Visual Studio version(s) present on the machine, displayed in this format:

Visual Studio <Year> (<Version Number>)

For example:

Visual Studio 2022 (v17.4)

Displays the status of the Visual Studio version(s) on the machine:

Installed (wRTOS VSIX file name) – The wRTOS VSIX package is installed for that Visual Studio version. You can use that version of Visual Studio with the wRTOS SDK.
Install now – The wRTOS VSIX package is not installed for that Visual Studio version. Click Install now to install the necessary VSIX package.
Not supported – The Visual Studio version is not supported by the wRTOS SDK version(s) on the machine.

Resources

Under Resources, you can view a Help topic on creating a wRTOS application in Visual Studio and view program samples.

Resource	Description
Get started	Opens the Creating a wRTOS Application in Visual Studio topic in the wRTOS SDK Help. This topic will show you how to create a new project in Visual Studio using the wRTOS Application Template and modify its basic project framework.
View program samples	Opens a folder containing the program samples installed with wRTOS SDK. These samples are intended to help developers create real-time programs that will run in the wRTOS environment. Note: wRTOS program samples are provided to show concepts only. They do not include full error checking that would normally exist in customer applications.

Resource

Description

Get started

Opens the Creating a wRTOS Application in Visual Studio topic in the wRTOS SDK Help. This topic will show you how to create a new project in Visual Studio using the wRTOS Application Template and modify its basic project framework.

View program samples

Opens a folder containing the program samples installed with wRTOS SDK. These samples are intended to help developers create real-time programs that will run in the wRTOS environment.

Note: wRTOS program samples are provided to show concepts only. They do not include full error checking that would normally exist in customer applications.