Importing Raspberry Libraries

[BenX]

Hello,

I just started working with VisualGDB and my Raspberry Pi v3.  I was trying to import the popular RPi.GPIO Library to my project so IntelliSense will work with it. The program (just a simple Python Program to switch LEDs on and off) works fine, but the RPi.GPIO Syntax is not recognized by Visual Studio. Is there a way to import this library to my project so it is recognized by IntelliSense?

[support]

Hi,

Yes, it is possible to configure IntelliSense to show the imported code, however could you first clarify if you mean Python IntelliSense or C++ IntelliSense?

[BenX]

Thanks for your answer! Sounds great 🙂

I will use Python for my project 🙂

The RPi.GPIO is already installed on my raspberry…to import it into my VS I tried the MAKEFILE Settings in VisualGDB and here the “Include directories” function. But after typing “import RPi.GPIO as GPIO” in my project Visual Studio still doesnt know what im talking about 🙂

• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by BenX.
• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by BenX.

[support]

Hi,

VisualGDB does not automatically configure the Python IntelliSense to match your Raspberry Pi. However you can configure it fairly easily:

1. Open Tools->Python Tools->Python Environments
2. Find the default environment there
3. Create a copy of your Python directory used by the default environment and copy the packages from Raspberry Pi to that copy so that they don’t interfere with your regular Python installation
4. Edit the Python environment settings in VS to use the new Python directory

This should get IntelliSense to display the libraries copied from Raspberry Pi.

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