GP2X Setting Up Visual C++ 2005 Express With Gp2x

[hitbyambulance]

ok, i've been following the instructions in the wiki here. i am also using Demo.c as on this page. now, i believe i have followed all the set-up instructions - except for this second to last step:

Make your First Build

1. Create a new text file with the extension .link to the project. This is to trigger the arm-linux-link build rule.

umm, what does this mean? create a blank textfile with the extension .link and put it... where? or what?

so i made a blank textfile with .link extension and put it in my projects directory. when i try to compile i get:

1>------ Build started: Project: GP2Xtest2, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>demo.c
1>Project : error PRJ0002 : Error result 255 returned from 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe'.
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\dustinb\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\GP2Xtest2\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>GP2Xtest2 - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

and here are the contents of BuildLog.htm:

Build Log


Build started: Project: GP2Xtest2, Configuration: Debug|Win32


Command Lines

Creating temporary file "c:\Documents and Settings\dustinb\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\GP2Xtest2\Debug\BAT0000025123456.bat" with contents
[
@echo off

arm-linux-gcc.exe -c -IC:\devkitpro\devkitGP2X\include\SDL\ -o Debug\demo.o ".\demo.c" 2>&1 | sed -e s/(.[a-zA-Z]\+)[0-9]\+):/\1(\2):/

if errorlevel 1 goto VCReportError

goto VCEnd

:VCReportError

echo Project : error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from "demo.c"

exit 1

:VCEnd
]
Creating command line """c:\Documents and Settings\dustinb\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\GP2Xtest2\Debug\BAT0000025123456.bat"""

Output Window

demo.c
Project : error PRJ0002 : Error result 255 returned from 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe'.

Results

Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\dustinb\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\GP2Xtest2\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
GP2Xtest2 - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

what am i doing wrong?

 

[refractor]

Make your First Build

1. Create a new text file with the extension .link to the project. This is to trigger the arm-linux-link build rule.

umm, what does this mean? create a blank textfile with the extension .link and put it... where? or what?

Add it to the project in Visual Studio. Yes, it's just an empty file. The "text file" is slightly misleading, I think, because of course you just need an empty file with a .link extension.

what am i doing wrong?

It's hard to tell without more info. Run the command below (from the generated BAT file) from the "c:\Documents and Settings\dustinb\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\GP2Xtest2" directory and see what you get.

arm-linux-gcc.exe -c -IC:\devkitpro\devkitGP2X\include\SDL\ -o Debug\demo.o ".\demo.c" 2>&1 | sed -e s/(.[a-zA-Z]\+)[0-9]\+):/\1(\2):/

That should give you a clearer error than the one VS is giving you.

 

[slygamer]

Try running arm-linux-gcc.exe by itself from a Command Prompt. It might not be able to find arm-linux-gcc.exe, in which case you have not got c:\devkitpro\devkitgp2x\bin in your PATH.