Hello. I installed Visual Studio and downloaded JUCE from Github but I am unable to open Projucer.
When I installed VS, I installed the C++ framework for mobile and desktop, node.js and Python. I tried to clone the Github repository but this did not work either. I went to the Projucer folder and the symbol to open it is for VS and not the JUCE logo. I am unsure why this is. Help me please.
The Projucer binaries are not included in the Github repo. You need to build Projucer yourself in that case. To build, open the appropriate Visual Studio .sln for the Projucer.
For example, for Visual Studio 2022
JUCE\extras\Projucer\Builds\VisualStudio2022\Projucer.slnHello, I have run the build completely and now it has worked! Thank you for your help.
For anyone who wishes to replicate what I have done (and for future reference):
Make sure you have installed Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 with all C++ directories (plus any others you wish to do your coding in.)
Download the JUCE folder from the JUCE website directly or Github (on Gitchub click the green Code button and click Download Zip.)
Once your files have downloaded, right click on the “JUCE_master” folder and click “Extract All”. Wait for the items to unpack.
Open the extracted folder. JUCE_Master.zip → JUCE_Master → extras → Projucer → Builds → Visual Studio 2022 (or the newest version!)
Double click on “Projucer.sln” and when the it loads, press CTRL+B (this is the Build function and will run the programme to create Projucer for you)
Wait for the Microsoft Visual Studio to finish compiling. It may take several minutes.
Go back to the previous folder, click x64 → Debug → and scroll until you find Projucer.exe
Voila!
