Change extension for hex files to .hex instead of .ihex

[CurtisHx]

Is there a way to configure VisualGDB to set the file extension for hex files to .hex instead of .ihex?  Some of our programming tool won’t bother trying to open a file if the extension is not .hex.  They’ll just throw up an error saying something along the lines of the file is not a valid hex file because the extension is not correct.

[support]

Hi,

You can try patching the <VisualGDB>\MSBuild\embedded.targets file (see the ChangeExtension part below):

  <Target Name="GenerateHexFile" DependsOnTargets="Link" Condition="'$(GenerateHexFile)' == 'true' and '$(GNUTargetType)' == 'Application'">
    <GenericGNUTool Sources = "$(TargetPath)"
            ToolPath="$(GNUToolchainBinaryDirectory)"
            ToolchainPrefix="$(GNUToolchainPrefix)"
            ExtraPath="$(GNUToolchainExtraPath)"
            VisualGDBSettingsFile="$(VisualGDBSettingsFile)"
            ToolExeNameBase="objcopy"
            ResponseFileTag="mkihex"
            RepeatForEachSource="true"
            PrimaryOutput="$([System.IO.Path]::ChangeExtension($(TargetPath),'ihex'))"
            FastUpToDateCheckDatabaseFile="$(FastUpToDateCheckDatabaseFile)"
            RemoteBuildMakefile="$(RemoteBuildMakefile)"
            CommandFormat="-O ihex $&lt; $@"/>
  </Target>

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