Is it possible to generate TouchGFX Designer files on Linux via command line?

[freitas-renato]

I know TouchGFX Designer GUI is a Windows only app, but is there any way to only run the generator tool (tgfx.exe) to generate all files of a .touchgfx project on a linux machine via command line?

[Osman SOYKURT]

Hello freitas-renato,

Not that I know, TouchGFX Designer and the generator are compatible with Windows only.

/Osman

[freitas-renato]

Thank you for replying.

Do you know if there are any plans to make the generator cli available on linux? I'm trying to setup a container for my project with all dependencies, but the tgfx generator is the only missing piece.

[Osman SOYKURT]

Hello,

You can run the generator with "Wine" on Linux systems. I'll let you know when I'll have more info about any plan to make an official solution running on Linux.

/Osman

[AndrewM]

I generate code from the designer on windows into a shared directory (eg C:\VMShared\project\) which I then access from a Linux VM. One slight complication is that I need to have a work area in Linux (eg ~/project/) that is separate to the shared folder (eg /mnt/hgfs/VMShared/project/) and use eg meld on Linux to diff between the two folders. This is because compiling directly within /mnt/hgfs is very slow and frequently leads to linker errors.