# Running a 2D model in TRIK Studio from VSCode
This article discusses setting up and using the **VSCode** external programming environment to call programs in the TRIK Studio [2D model](https://help.trikset.com/en/studio/2d-model).
This will allow experienced TRIK Studio users to use all the features of professional text editors and their plugins: static analyzers, auto formatters, color themes.
It also describes how to automatically run the program on several fields, which can be useful for participants in competitions with automated verification systems.
## **Preparation**
It is assumed that the user is writing a program in an external editor and would like to run this program on one or more fields. Fields can be presented both in `.xml` format (for more details, see the article "[2D model tuning](https://help.trikset.com/en/studio/2d-model/settings)"), and in `.qrs` format.
1. Download [run\_2d\_model.cmd](https://gist.github.com/anastasiia-kornilova/2b955e62c3cef7a509fc043a189ea3ff) for Windows or [run\_2d\_model.sh](https://gist.github.com/anastasiia-kornilova/f13a708562debabeeb126381f3d535e5) for Linux and place it in the folder where TRIK Studio is installed.
2. Place the fields on which you want to test the program in a separate folder. If the fields are in `.xml` format, create an empty `default.qrs` project in this folder.
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The manual was tested on the January 2020 release (version 1.42).\
You can download VSCode from the [official website](https://code.visualstudio.com/Download).
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## **Setting up VSCode**
1\. Create a folder where the source code file will be placed.
2\. Open this folder in **VSCode** with `File → Open Folder`.
3\. Choose`Terminal → Configure Tasks`.
4\. If there were no tasks before, then select`Create tasks.json file from template → Others` in the drop-down menu . The file `tasks.json`will be opened. If tasks were created earlier, it will open right after point 3.
5\. Delete everything from this file and paste this code, where ``is the full path to the folder containing fields:
```javascript
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [ {
"label": "Run TRIK 2D model",
"type": "shell",
"command": "/home/admin/TRIKStudio/run_2d_model.sh" script.js",
"windows": {
"command": "D:\\TRIKStudio\\run_2d_model.cmd script.js"
},
"group": "test",
"presentation": {
"reveal": "always",
"panel": "new"
}
}]
}
```
6\. Depending on your operating system, edit the file`tasks.json`:
* For Linux, in the line corresponding to the `"command"` field, specify the path to the edited `run_2d_model.sh`and specify your source code file as the third argument. This file should be located in the folder that we opened with **VSCode**. Example: `"command": "/home/admin/TRIKStudio/run_2d_model.sh /home/admin/fields/ script.js"`
* For Windows, in the line corresponding to the
`"windows": { "command"` field, specify the path to the edited `run_2d_model.sh`and specify your source code file as the third argument. This file should be located in the folder that we opened with **VSCode**. Example:\
`"command": "D:\TRIKStudio\run_2d_model.cmd D:\Users\Admin\fields script.js"`
7\. Save the file`tasks.json`.
8\. Now select `Run TRIK 2D model`in the dropdown menu `Terminal → Run Task` or press the corresponding keyboard shortcut (**Ctrl+Shift+B**) to run your code.
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For the proposal to add this functionality, the TRIK project team thanks **Alexander Zhuravlev**, the participant of the NTI IRS Olympiad 2018-2020.
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