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VMS IDE uploads files but fails to build
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 5:23 am
by ajbrehm
Trying out VMS IDE I wrote a hello.c and tried to uplaod and build it. The upload works (and the file appears in the project directory on the VMS system) but the build does not:
upload success: hello.c
.SUFFIXES .OBJ .CPP .C .CLD .MSG .BLI .COB. PAS .BAS .F77 .F90
Building failed [source]
I compiled and linked the file manually on VMS and it worked.
I also tried all-uppercase HELLO.C to the same effect.
What am I missing?
Re: VMS IDE uploads files but fails to build
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:32 am
by jane.doe
You should recreate MMS or, if that does not help, edit the line to be ".COB .PAS" instead of ".COB. PAS". This bug was fixed in the recent version of the plugin; you seem to have an old version for some reason.
Re: VMS IDE uploads files but fails to build
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:43 am
by ajbrehm
jane.doe wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:32 am
You should recreate MMS or, if that does not help, edit the line to be ".COB .PAS" instead of ".COB. PAS". This bug was fixed in the recent version of the plugin; you seem to have an old version for some reason.
Thanks, I'll try that.
Weird, I installed both VS Code and the plugin this weekend.
Re: VMS IDE uploads files but fails to build
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 4:20 am
by ajbrehm
It works now.
I had a DISPLAY logical set by chance on the VMS box and it started a X-based debugger when I started the compiled EXE too.
Caveats:
VMS-IDE wants to start ssh with a few parameters but Windows doesn't have such a command except when the OpenSSH feature is installed and then ssh.exe is not in the path by default.
For some reason regardless of how I name the project, the resulting directory on the VMS box will still be "project.dir".
Re: VMS IDE uploads files but fails to build
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:59 am
by jane.doe
ajbrehm wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 4:20 am
VMS-IDE wants to start ssh with a few parameters but Windows doesn't have such a command except when the OpenSSH feature is installed and then ssh.exe is not in the path by default.
There is a parameter for configuring ssh shell in the new version of the plugin which will be available soon:
https://wiki.vmssoftware.com/SSH_Settings#Terminal
ajbrehm wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 4:20 am
For some reason regardless of how I name the project, the resulting directory on the VMS box will still be "project.dir".
The directory name is determined by the root parameter in the project configuration. Please see
https://wiki.vmssoftware.com/Project_Settings. The project name is used for the executable, the MMS file, etc.
Edited the second note.