Issues uploading arduino code

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Hi all, just started with musical floppy drive projects, and while following the moppy 2.0 wiki startup guide I downloaded the arduino zip and tried to upload the iso, only to get an undefined loop error, and this error seemingly is only solved by adding a void loop(){} and void setup(){} to the code. Is this necessary or is it something else that I'm doing wrong that needs to be fixed? Thanks in advance

[Sammy1Am]

Did you unzip the Moppy folder from the zip file and open the .ino from the unzipped folder? The setup() and loop() functions exist in the MoppyCore.cpp file which should be included by the Arduino IDE when compiling.

Another thing worth checking: are you using the latest version of the Arduino IDE?

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Oh, the ino I got from the unzipped folders was just comments, am I just being dumb and looking in the wrong folder?

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Oh I am just being dumb, found it thanks

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Oh okay perhaps not, so I opened the file and got the moppy.ino, and the opened moppyconfig.h in the ide, but neither have the loop or setup. I assume I'm just looking in the wrong place now

[Sammy1Am]

Alright, just confirmed it works in Arduino IDE 1.8.5 on a fresh computer. Steps should be:

1. Download MoppyArduino-2.0.1.zip
2. Extract the contents of the zip file (the results should be a folder called "Moppy")
3. Open Moppy.ino from inside the unzipped folder.

The IDE should show three tabs: "Moppy", "MoppyConfig.h", and "MoppyCore.cpp". You may want to open a new sketch in the IDE and make sure the existing one is closed and then try again (maybe the IDE is confused because you've opened two sketches called Moppy?)

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Ah okay, mine didn't open the c++ file, that might be part of the issue will check :D Thanks for taking the time to help btw man, much appreciated!

[Sammy1Am]

I briefly saw you were having issues launching the app, but the comment's gone. I take it it's working okay?

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Yes got it working, realised I didn't have the newest java installed on that particular pc so after installing that it ran great, thanks