Breakpoint installation failure unmatched quote

[ddwertz]

Hello. I am currently working on a NUCLEO-L152RE project in the latest version of the CubeIDE. I am running into an error where I can not install break points due to an "unmatched quote". I have tried the common fixes (New work space) for this that I could find online and it hasn't resolved it. I also ran fresh installs of the programs and encountered the same issue. Has anyone else encountered this problem? I have included a screenshot below for reference. 

[Andrew Neil]

Welcome to the forum.

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In particular, what version of Cube are you using, and on what platform?

Please describe in detail the steps you take to get to this error.

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@ddwertz wrote:

I am currently working on a NUCLEO-L152RE project

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Is this a project you've created yourself, an ST example, or something else?

[TDK]

Does the project build and run successfully?

Maybe there is an unmatched quote in the file or a file it includes. It's unlikely to be making things up--this is parsed, not AI.

[ddwertz]

I am using the 2.0.0 Build of both the IDE and MX software. I used the MX file to generate the initial code and then added some generic lines (incrementing an integer). This is the second project I have created using the MX and they both have the same problem. I am running the software on a Windows 11 set up. As far as I can tell everything functions properly except for the breakpoints.

[ddwertz]

The project builds and runs as intended. The breakpoint is to be inserted as part of a lab exercise to show functionality.  When I manually stop/start the program it functions as intended, it just won't allow me to insert a breakpoint. As far as the included files I generated it in MX (ver 2.0.0).

[Andrew Neil]

Please give detailed steps of what you're doing to get this message.

PS:

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@ddwertz wrote:

 part of a lab exercise .

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So have you shown this behaviour to your lab supervisor?

[ddwertz]

I have shown it to the TA and he was unfamiliar with it, ended up using the older version of the IDE (1.9.0 I think) to run the labs last week to complete it. I have spoke with the course instructor and he was unsure as well. I reached out to the course instructor over email last Wednesday after performing fresh installs and haven't heard back yet. I am going to the TA office hours today to get more assistance.

As far as specific steps, I generated the initial file in the MX (ver 2.0.0). I then opened the project in my CubeIDE workspace (ver 2.0.0). Then I added two lines. The first declared the variable myInt and set the value to 0 "uint8_t myInt = 0;". The second increments myInt in the generated while loop "myInt++;". I only get an error when I add the breakpoint to any of the lines in the main.c file, using both the add breakpoint option and double clicking the line number. 

Adding the breakpoints generates the message, I am getting no other warnings or errors. It has effected every .c file in multiple projects that I have worked on.

[Andrew Neil]

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@ddwertz wrote:

MX (ver 2.0.0). .

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The latest version is 6.16.1 (there's been an update since this announcement).

So, after adding your lines, you build the code, and then start the debugger - yes?

Then, once you're in the Debug Perspective, you set the breakpoint ?

Are there any spaces or other "special" characters in any of your file or folder names?

PS:

Just found this, reporting the same issue in another Eclipse-based IDE, where spaces in the path were, indeed, the problem.

Spaces and other "special" characters are an all-too-common source of grief and weird behaviour - see here.

[ddwertz]

You're correct in the file version. I mis-listed what I have for it. I downloaded the latest from last Wednesday.

Yes, in the Debug perspective I set the breakpoint after adding/building the files.

This is the file path shown in the IDE

This is the file path as shown in the explorer.

I will remove the spaces in the file names and see if that fixes it.

[Andrew Neil · Accepted solution]

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@ddwertz wrote:

This is the file path shown in the IDE

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I added a PS to my previous post - it looks like the single quote might also upset things...

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