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No .map file generated
Nov 4th, 2016 at 10:41pm
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Hi all.
I am trying to configure the VS to generate the .map file.
I have put the following switches 
-Wl, -Map, "Nikolas.map"
-Wl, -Map="Nikolas.map"
-Wl, -Map, "{build.path}\{build.project_name}.map"
at the : "Extra flags" field in the Project properties window,
but no luck.

Which is the correct switch, and where it should be placed?
(any example?)

I am using Visual Studio 2015 Community, Arduino IDE 1.6.14

Also, in a previous post :
http://www.visualmicro.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1448907030;start=11;action=threadp...

there is a reference for the switches used for the avr-objdump.exe.
Where these switches should be placed ?
Can they placed in a field in the VS, or should they be placed in a configuration file ?
(any example?)

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Re: No .map file generated
Reply #1 - Nov 5th, 2016 at 11:25am
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Hi

switch on vmicro>compiler>show build properties and also the verbose option. Then build and inspect the output.

You will see a number of pattern commands in the output such as "recipe.c.combine.pattern"

Pick which command you want to change and create a local board.txt in the project.

Add your command to the board.txt and it will override the pattern used in the build.
  
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Reply #2 - Nov 5th, 2016 at 5:09pm
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Thanks for the reply.
I recompiled my project and I have found the pattern commands (show build properties and verbose are switched on).
But I don't know which command is the correct (the one generates the .map file) 

Please provide a working example.

PS : I have already create the "board.txt" file in my project directory (folder) and I have copied in it the whole 
string starting with "recipe.c.combine.pattern" as shown in the output window, 
adding at its end the following :
(-Wl, -Map, "{build.path}\{build.project_name}.map")
but still no luck 
VS-> error*: C:\.....ino.map: no such file or directory
VS-> error*: unrecognized command line option -Map

  
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Reply #3 - Nov 6th, 2016 at 9:53pm
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Adding the following to recipe.c.combine.pattern= worked for me

"-Wl,-Map,{build.path}/{build.project_name}.map"

  
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Reply #4 - Nov 7th, 2016 at 10:31am
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I had already used 

"-Wl,-Map,{build.path}/{build.project_name}.map"

the problem was the quotes (" ") position,
this is the correct syntax:

-Wl, -Map, "{build.path}\{build.project_name}.map"

which is placed at the end of the pattern command (keeping all the current switches), in my board.txt file.
Thanks


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Re: No .map file generated
Reply #5 - Nov 7th, 2016 at 12:44pm
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Hi,

The one I provided was from the arduino.cc forum which worked, with avr, when I tested it.

Thanks for the update.

  
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Reply #6 - Apr 13th, 2017 at 1:18pm
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I would also like to generate a MAP file for my builds but I am completely perplexed by how this works. 

First, do I need the full version of VMicro to affect this?

If not then where do I add the recipe.c.combine.pattern change? Do I have to find the actual platform.txt file that is being used or can I add a platform.txt file somewhere that will get included and adds to the base files.
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Reply #7 - Apr 13th, 2017 at 3:00pm
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Got it!

I just had to find the actual platform.txt file that was being used. There were several on the PC.

The one I changed was in C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\avr on my PC.

One question that I have is, where does that file originate? In other words, if I want to tell someone how to install VMicro and get this change, what is the way that should be best accomplished? Can it only be done in this location after VMicro is installed?
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Reply #8 - Apr 13th, 2017 at 3:06pm
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Hi, Visual Micro does not install these files. The platform.txt you mention is installed with the arduino ide.

  
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Reply #9 - Apr 13th, 2017 at 5:19pm
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Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Apr 13th, 2017 at 3:06pm:
Hi, Visual Micro does not install these files. The platform.txt you mention is installed with the arduino ide.



Which is why it is in the "Arduino" directory in "Program Files (x86)". 

Do you know where I can get a good explanation of how platform.txt is used and how to modify and maintain those modifications? I ask because I am documenting a project that I am working on and part of that is to document how to store and then set up the development environment so each one is the same.
  
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Re: No .map file generated
Reply #10 - Apr 14th, 2017 at 10:43am
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Yes the format was introduced since arduino 1.5. The 3rd party specification should help (although it is not very comprehensive)
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Reply #11 - Nov 16th, 2023 at 3:13pm
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NikoST wrote on Nov 7th, 2016 at 10:31am:
-Wl, -Map, "{build.path}\{build.project_name}.map"


This worked, once the spaces after the commas were removed.
  
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