# Export application from VScode extension

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-application-from-vscode-extension/47216>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [September 24, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-application-from-vscode-extension/47216 "2025-09-24T17:29:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![bonner45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@bonner45](https://discourse.processing.org/u/bonner45)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-application-from-vscode-extension/47216/1 "2025-09-24T17:29:04Z")

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Hi is there a way to export a project application from vscode. the processing plugin is set up and it runs my project fine but it would be nice to be able to export the app from vscode as well.

any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.😎

processing vscode extension is installed

running processing 4.4.7 on Win10

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**Author:** ![stefterv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/stefterv/32/21678_2.png) [@stefterv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/stefterv)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-application-from-vscode-extension/47216/2 "2025-09-24T17:57:14Z")

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Hi @bonner45 there is currently no way to export from the extension.

> <https://github.com/processing/processing-vscode-extension/pull/33>
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> Introduces a new 'processing.sketch.export' command that runs the sketch with th…e '--export' argument. Updates the command registration and package.json to include the export functionality in the command palette.

Here is a PR that will add it, so it will be in a later version.

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**Author:** ![bonner45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@bonner45](https://discourse.processing.org/u/bonner45)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-application-from-vscode-extension/47216/3 "2025-09-24T18:04:51Z")

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Thanks @stefterv will look for the release.

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**Author:** ![stefterv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/stefterv/32/21678_2.png) [@stefterv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/stefterv)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-application-from-vscode-extension/47216/4 "2025-09-25T13:35:13Z")

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Just merged that PR and created a new release, to export a sketch run the `Export the Processing Sketch` command

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**Author:** ![bonner45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@bonner45](https://discourse.processing.org/u/bonner45)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-application-from-vscode-extension/47216/5 "2025-09-25T14:14:14Z")

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Export works great but now when i run a sketch i get an error: (extraArguments is not iterable).

Tried reinstalling extension but that did not change anything.

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**Author:** ![stefterv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/stefterv/32/21678_2.png) [@stefterv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/stefterv)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-application-from-vscode-extension/47216/6 "2025-09-25T14:49:35Z")

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Thank you for testing! Fixed it with another release

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**Author:** ![bonner45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@bonner45](https://discourse.processing.org/u/bonner45)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-application-from-vscode-extension/47216/7 "2025-09-25T15:04:12Z")

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Thanks it works now.