Compile *.c files as C++ (Using IAR)

[isigor]

I’m trying your product, to use VisualGDB with IAR

My current project consist c files and c++ files mixed together, some c header files include c++ headers,

Compiling this under IAR IDE, on Language 1 tab->Language C++ works fine :), (that because IAR treats all files as c++ files)

Compling this under VisualGDB with IAR doesn’t work 🙁

only if I change extension to .cpp it will compile, but I don’t want that, because it’s a C file (the c++ include header file make the errors)

You don’t have the option like in Visual studio compile as C++ file,

I saw in one of your topics mentioning about “-x c” flag  in CXXFLAGS. (compile C++ as C) but I couldn’t find the opposite (compile C as C++)

Any help will be appreciated

Best regards

Igor

[support]

Hi,

No problem, please try this build: VisualGDB-5.5.5.3574.msi

We have added an option under VS Project Properties -> C/C++ -> Advanced that allows explicitly specifying the input language for the source files instead of having it auto-detected from the extension.

[isigor]

Thank you very much 🙂

[aelmicro]

Had this problem when I tried to add a .c file to my other 3 *.cpp files which all compile OK

It appears to indicate no rule in the make file to compile the .c file, but there is one!

C:\Projects\PixieBoards\Software\PixieLvLib => /tmp/VisualGDB/c/Projects/PixieBoards/Software/PixieLvLib: 6 files are up-to-date.
make -f “VisualGDB/Debug/PixieLvLib.msbuild-mak” –no-print-directory
mkdir -p VisualGDB/Debug/_4_/tmp/VisualGDB/c/Projects/PixieBoards/Software/Source VisualGDB/Debug
make[1]: *** No rule to make target ‘/tmp/VisualGDB/c/Projects/PixieBoards/Software/PixieLvLib/../Source/PixieInfo.c’, needed by ‘VisualGDB/Debug/_4_/tmp/VisualGDB/c/Projects/PixieBoards/Software/Source/PixieInfo.o’. Stop.
make: *** [VisualGDB/Debug/PixieLvLib.msbuild-mak:14: all] Error 2
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Command exited with code 2
Executable: make
Arguments: -f “VisualGDB/Debug/PixieLvLib.msbuild-mak” –no-print-directory
Directory: /tmp/VisualGDB/c/Projects/PixieBoards/Software/PixieLvLib
Command-line action failed

[aelmicro]

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[aelmicro]

OK so I had some luck.

This works if I copy the *.c file into the same directory as my other *.cpp files, which happens to be the same file as the project.

It would appers that it can’t find a make rule if the source file is in a different folder to the project folder.

Mark

 

[aelmicro]

hands up, my mistake, I was not copying all the source files to the compiling PC, all works as it should

Keep up the good work!

 

[support]

Good to know it works. In case anyone else encounters the problem, you can configure the root source folder uploaded by VisualGDB as a part of the build via VisualGDB Project Properties -> Project Settings -> File Synchronization or define additional directories to transfer via VisualGDB Project Properties -> Synchronized Directories.

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