IAR export does not set PROJ_DIR option in Mbed online compiler

[malavikasajikumar]

Description of defect

When an Mbed project is exported to IAR from the Mbed online compiler (using the right click and Export), looks like the PROJ_DIR option is not set in the resulting IAR project. This is what the C\C++ compiler options looks like for the exported project:

This lacks the PROJ_DIR option.

In the original Mbed project, if mbed-os is deleted and then manually imported, this problem doesn’t exist.

What must be causing this difference?

Target(s) affected by this defect ?

N/A

Toolchain(s) (name and version) displaying this defect ?

IAR

What version of Mbed-os are you using (tag or sha) ?

N/A

What version(s) of tools are you using. List all that apply (E.g. mbed-cli)

IAR 8.32.4.

How is this defect reproduced ?

N/A

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[0xc0170]

What error are you getting ?
PROJ_DIR comes from IAR, the root of the application - my understanding. we use this variable to use relative paths to the project itself.

[malavikasajikumar]

What error are you getting ?
PROJ_DIR comes from IAR, the root of the application - my understanding. we use this variable to use relative paths to the project itself.

Fatal Error[Pe1696]: cannot open source file "mbed_config.h"

This gets fixed when $PROJ_DIR option is added to C/C++ Compiler --> Preprocessor section. But this manual edit should be unnecessary.

When the mbed-os lib within original Mbed project was manually imported, this problem did not show up. The $PROJ_DIR option was automatically added and there was no error on compilation.

[0xc0170]

To compare, how does work with blinky and using mbed-cli ?

I used mbed export -m K64F -i iar and I can see in .ewp file the paths set correctly:

      <name>mbed-os-example-blinky</name>
      <file> <name>$PROJ_DIR$\mbed_config.h</name> </file>
      <file> <name>$PROJ_DIR$\./main.cpp</name> </file>
      </group>

                   <name>CCIncludePath2</name>
                    <state>$PROJ_DIR$\.</state>
                    <state>$PROJ_DIR$\./mbed-os</state>
                    <state>$PROJ_DIR$\./mbed-os/cmsis</state>
                    <state>$PROJ_DIR$\./mbed-os/cmsis/TARGET_CORTEX_M</state>
                    <state>$PROJ_DIR$\./mbed-os/connectivity</state>
                    <state>$PROJ_DIR$

[malavikasajikumar]

@0xc0170 That's correct. In Mbed CLI, this is not a problem. Looks like PROJ_DIR option is missing only when exported from the Mbed compiler. Is this something that can be fixed?

[0xc0170]

@0xc0170 That's correct. In Mbed CLI, this is not a problem. Looks like PROJ_DIR option is missing only when exported from the Mbed compiler. Is this something that can be fixed?

@ARMmbed/mbed-os-tools Please review

[malavikasajikumar]

@0xc0170 @ARMmbed/mbed-os-tools Hi, could I get an update on this?

[0xc0170]

https://os.mbed.com/blog/entry/Introducing-the-new-Mbed-Tools/ - as the old tools were frozen, this won't be able to be fixed in the current exporters..

We shall close this as "won't fix" unfortunately.