Error 1 2 in TouchGFX simulator

[Hab Collector]

My humble apologies, I have seen similar posts on TouchGFX errros in simulate and could not find a relevant post that worked.  Using TouchGFX 4.24.2 and STM32CubeIDE.  I added to my project .c and .h file and placed them in a directory of App_Support with corresponding sub-directories of Inc and Src.  Application >> User >> App_Support.  The necessary path was added to the project settings includes.  The project will compile under STM32CubeIDE, but when I motion back to TouchGFX, though it compiles, the simulator errors:

No rule to make target 'build/MINGW32_NT-6.2/../../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Src/Main_Support.o', needed by 'build/bin/simulator.exe'.

I have the simulator makefile modified as such:

ADDITIONAL_SOURCES := ../../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Src/Main_Support.c
ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS := ../../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Inc

I have even tried a variation of ADDITIONAL_SOURCES:

ADDITIONAL_SOURCES := ../../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Src which gives a somewhat similar error: No rule to make target '../../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Src', needed by 'build/bin/simulator.exe'

Any assistance would be wonderful.

[GaetanGodart]

Hello @Hab Collector ,

Could you share your complete modified Makefile?

Can you try to add 

# Add the additional include paths to the CFLAGS
CFLAGS += -I$(ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS)

Regards, 

[Hab Collector]

Can you please expand upon where CFLAGS would be located.  That is unclear to me.  The page would not accept the make file attachment.  I will just pasted it below...

# Helper macros to convert spaces into question marks and back again
e := 
sp := $(e) $(e)
qs = $(subst ?,$(sp),$1)
sq = $(subst $(sp),?,$1)

# Get name of this Makefile (avoid getting word 0 and a starting space)
makefile_name := $(wordlist 1,1000,$(MAKEFILE_LIST))

# Get path of this Makefile
makefile_path := $(call qs,$(dir $(call sq,$(abspath $(call sq,$(makefile_name))))))

# Get path where the Application is
application_path := $(call qs,$(abspath $(call sq,$(makefile_path)../..)))

.PHONY: clean assets all

ifneq ($(words $(makefile_path))$(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),11)
all clean assets:
$(error Spaces not allowed in path)
else

ADDITIONAL_SOURCES := ../../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Src
ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS := ../../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Inc
ADDITIONAL_LIBRARY_PATHS := 
ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES :=
export ADDITIONAL_SOURCES ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS ADDITIONAL_LIBRARY_PATHS ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES

all: $(filter assets,$(MAKECMDGOALS))
all assets: $(filter clean,$(MAKECMDGOALS))
all clean assets:
@$(MAKE) -r -f generated/simulator/gcc/Makefile -s $(MFLAGS) $@ -C "$(application_path)"
endif

Thanks,

Hab

[GaetanGodart]

You can try that:

# Helper macros to convert spaces into question marks and back again
e := 
sp := $(e) $(e)
qs = $(subst ?,$(sp),$1)
sq = $(subst $(sp),?,$1)

# Get name of this Makefile (avoid getting word 0 and a starting space)
makefile_name := $(wordlist 1,1000,$(MAKEFILE_LIST))

# Get path of this Makefile
makefile_path := $(call qs,$(dir $(call sq,$(abspath $(call sq,$(makefile_name))))))

# Get path where the Application is
application_path := $(call qs,$(abspath $(call sq,$(makefile_path)../..)))

.PHONY: clean assets all

ifneq ($(words $(makefile_path))$(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),11)
all clean assets:
$(error Spaces not allowed in path)
else

ADDITIONAL_SOURCES := ../../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Src/Main_Support.c
ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS := ../../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Inc
ADDITIONAL_LIBRARY_PATHS := 
ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES :=
export ADDITIONAL_SOURCES ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS ADDITIONAL_LIBRARY_PATHS ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES

# Add the additional include paths to the CFLAGS
CFLAGS += -I$(ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS)

all: $(filter assets,$(MAKECMDGOALS))
all assets: $(filter clean,$(MAKECMDGOALS))
all clean assets:
	@$(MAKE) -r -f generated/simulator/gcc/Makefile -s $(MFLAGS) $@ -C "$(application_path)"
endif

 Note that I have change your additional source to have a specific file instead of a folder.

Regards,

[Hab Collector]

Thanks so much for responding.  However since then I have added 2 additional source files to the project.  I am using the same directory App_Support directory and placing all the additional source and header files in the corresponding Src and Inc so the modification to just use a specific source file will not work for me.  I did however modify the make file to add 

# Add the additional include paths to the CFLAGS
CFLAGS += -I$(ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS)

That still gives an error when I attempt to simulate from TouchGFX.

I then modified the make file to account for all source files I added to the project

ADDITIONAL_SOURCES_A := ../../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Src/IO_Support.c
ADDITIONAL_SOURCES_B := ../../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Src/ADC_Support.c
ADDITIONAL_SOURCES := ../../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Src/Main_Support.c
ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS := ../../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Inc
ADDITIONAL_LIBRARY_PATHS :=
ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES :=
export ADDITIONAL_SOURCES ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS ADDITIONAL_LIBRARY_PATHS ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES ADDITIONAL_SOURCES_A ADDITIONAL_SOURCES_B

# Add the additional include paths to the CFLAGS
CFLAGS += -I$(ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS)

That too did not work.  

[GaetanGodart]

Hello @Hab Collector ,

Sorry for the late answer.
You have to add

ADDITIONAL_SOURCES += myOwnLib/src/myLib.cpp
ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_PATHS += myOwnLib/include

yo tour makefile.

Obviously, change the files names to match yours.

Please find attached the whole project.
In the screenView, I call functions from myLic.cpp.
myLib is in the folder myOwnLib.
The modified Makefile is in simulator/gcc.

Regards,

[Hab Collector]

A thousand-thousand apologies for my slow reply.  When I got the last update from you I was busy debugging hardware.  I got distracted with non-working hardware and simply just forgot.  

Either way I tried and that does not work for me.  More so, in your example you put myOwnLib within the TouchGFX folder.  This is not my case, but either way, using the TouchGFX directory as a start I modified the source and include paths from there.  This however lead to a different issue.  Now (I think) it sees my source and include files but it now does not see the stm32f7xx_hal.h, which, I think, would have been there from the very beginning as it is fundamental to the project.  So no, the simulator still does not run, though the application builds and runs (from STM32CubeIDE), and changes I make within TouchGFX are in fact reflected in the application build.

Thanks,

Hab

[GaetanGodart]

Hello @Hab Collector ,

No problem !

I don't see why it would not work if the library is outside of the TouchGFX folder. Actually, "myOwnLib" is already outside of the TouchGFX folder (it is on the same level) but it could be anywhere as long as the path correctly points to it.

If you previously had an error message such as "cannot find xxx" and now you don't have it anymore, then yes, you probably correctly point to your library.

Why would your project don't see the stm32f7xx_hal.h? What error message do you have now? Did you move the stm32f7xx_hal.h location?

Can you try to start a project without your external library, test that it can simulate, then add your library and modify the Makefile and see if you can simulate?

Regards,

[Hab Collector]

Thank you for responding. 

Here is the error:

../STM32CubeIDE/Application/User/App_Support/Inc/Main_Support.h:34:10: fatal error: stm32f7xx_hal.h: No such file or directory
#include "stm32f7xx_hal.h". 

I did not change the location of any of the HAL Drivers, or any of the project related directories.  I only added my directory - it is where it was when I first created the project and the simulator worked.  

Inside of Main_Support.h, as well as other include files I added to the project I have "#include "stm32f7xx_hal.h" - I have also tried #include <stm32f7xx_hal.h> to no resolution.  

My guess is TouchGFX is now expecting me to move the location of the HAL to within my folder - but that does not make any sense to me.  

IDK if this is related or not, but there is another weird thing I encountered, I will mention it here as it may shed light on what is going on. 

When making changes to the .ioc file two things may happen:

1. The project no longer compiles as it should (it seems to keep the last compile)
2. When you attempt to debug you get an error 

There are two possible fixes:

1. Go to project settings C/C++ Build >> Paths and Symbols: Tab Source Location.  Delete the previous entries you made for the project and then just re-add them back (the exact same entries you delete - just add them back)
2. Overwrite the .cproject file with a previously known good one (you should keep source control up-to-date)

I just use 2, because it is easier.  

Thanks,

Hab