CMAKE Error : BOARD is not being defined & settings.json : incorrect type.Expected "String"

RE: CMAKE Error : BOARD is not being defined & settings.json : incorrect type.Expected "String"

Elfving — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:30:36 GMT

Hello Toto,

One thing that could lead to an issue (even though I am not sure about about your particular one) is if you modify the configuration file of the build directly without saving it to the projects configuration file. If you for instance modify a lot using eg. Guiconfig, and then do a pristine build, you will lose everything you've modified, unless you save. I personally recommend using the Kconfig action, and then "save to file", or modifying the configuration file directly. So to sum up, there might be a difference between the two configurations.

I am not sure about what configuration could've lead to your errors. Though I guess you could've had erroneous configurations in your build folder, and switching to KConfig made you do a pristine build that lost them.

Either way I am glad that it got solved.

Regards,

Elfving

RE: CMAKE Error : BOARD is not being defined & settings.json : incorrect type.Expected "String"

toto cho — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:50:18 GMT

Hi Elfving,

Thank you for reply. I had this error message for a couple of weeks, but when I opened VSCode this morning, it's suddenly gone!

I tried to think what kind of change I made yesterday and I'd like to answer your questions.

1. When I did some testing with the original samples (such as blinky, peripheral_hr, button and etc.) I didn't have this error message.

2. Actually, this error message didn't disappear after recreating my build configuration until yesterday.

3. I installed NCS (nRF Connect SDK?) from nRF connect desktop, I have 2 versions - 1.9 and 2.0. I installed 1.9 in my user folder, but when I installed 2.0, I created a folder on c:\ and installed SDK in that folder.

4. I think I changed one thing yesterday which was kconfig

- I tried to use guiconfig some time ago, so I set up Guiconfig, and yesterday, I thought guiconfig might be the reason for this error, so I changed it back to kconfig.

- I'm not sure if this is related to this error.

I'm programming with VSCode on windows 10 with SDK 2.0.0

If you can pick up any potential issue from my answer, please let me know. But if you are not sure, then I think I can close this case as the error and warning have been gone already.

Thank you.

Regards,

Toto

RE: CMAKE Error : BOARD is not being defined & settings.json : incorrect type.Expected "String"

Elfving — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:58:18 GMT

Hello Toto,

That is odd. I assume you are seeing the same issue while building any sample as well?

Did any of the errors/warnings disappear after recreating your build configuration?

And did you do a manual or a automatic installation of NCS?

Regards,

Elfving