nrfConnect Segger Embedded Studio basic project management/modification difficulties

[GJSea]

Hi,

The documentation seems scant and IDE behaving inconsistently with regards to how basic project management, adding source files, libraries etc to a NRF9160 project, here's what I'm experiencing difficulties with:

- Trying to add a simple C file to the project, when I right click on Project libapp.a or anywhere else Add Existing/New file is grayed out.

- Similarly Add New Project is grayed out.

At some point previously those options were enabled, not sure what turns them on, here's what I experienced then:

- How does one create a new user library consisting of several C files to asset_tracker let say. I was able to create it, but then how does one make it a link dependency for asset_tracker?

- I added some C files directly to the libapp.a project which compiled just file, but then when SES is closed and reopened all recollection of adding them is lost. Hence how does one save a project that has been modified?

- Similarly adding a Folder of files to the project isn't saved

- How does one add a preprocessor 'Include Directory' to the project settings, the preprocessor section was missing when Options was enabled.

Thanks!

[paul]

Hi GJ,

           This all works fine for me. Two things I would check:

1) Make sure you have the full segger license installed. You can get a free license since you are working with Nordic kit but you still need to go through a process to get a key - from memory.

2) Check the permissions on the main project directory. By default SES dumps everything into the main project directory - one of my personal hates.

Hope this helps

Paul

[GJSea]

With an NRF Connect project modifying it in the Embedded Studio just gets wiped out everytime the project loads as CMakeFiles.txt generates the emstudio project - so editing of CMakeFiles.txt is the only way to modify the project. 

So a new question then, how does one specify emstudio parsed folder structure in CMakeFiles and tag source files (sub CMakeFiles) to be within its hierachy?

Thanks!

[Håkon Alseth]

Hi,

 

Unfortunately, adding files within SES is not yet finalized, but it is in progress. In the v0.4.0 tag of the "nrf" repo, there's added tags in each projects CMakeLists.txt (# NORDIC SDK APP START and # NORDIC SDK APP END)

This allows you to add files, as described here: https://github.com/NordicPlayground/fw-nrfconnect-nrf/blob/master/doc/nrf/gs_modifying.rst

However; dragging and dropping a source file into the project is unfortunately not supported yet.

 

Kind regards,

Håkon