Miscellaneous

In this topic, miscellaneous FAQs related to the CodeWarrior IDE are listed.

• How can I improve the performance of the CodeWarrior IDE I am working with?
  
  
• What is the first thing that I see when I start the CodeWarrior IDE?
  
  
• What is a perspective?
  
  
• How can I find the version of the CodeWarrior that I am using?
  
  
• Is it possible to retrieve a file that I deleted accidently from my CodeWarrior project?
  
  
• I am using my workspace since long time and adding/removing projects frequently, this has slowed down my CodeWarrior software. How can I improve the performance?
  
  
• How do I update my local history settings?
  
  
• Is there a way to filter the settings in the Preferences window to find a particular setting?
  
  
• How can I change a key binding?
  
  
• Is it possible to view the change history of a source code file?
  
  
• How can I view a graphical representation of source code in the CodeWarrior IDE using Dot and Doxygen?
  
  
• How can I determine which header files are associated with my source code file?
  
  
• How do I view call hierarchy in my source code?
  
  
• Why the project that I just created is not visible in the CodeWarrior Projects view?
  
  
• I created a new file in Windows Explorer but the file does not appear in the CodeWarrior Projects view. Why?
  
  
• Why does the Rename option appear grayed out?
  
  
• Why duplicating a configuration in the debugger perspective does not duplicate the run configuration?
  
  
• Can I still use Ctrl+Tab keys to navigate between open windows?
  
  
• How can I change the debugger key bindings to the ones that I used to have in the Classic CodeWarrior IDE?
  
  
• How can I change the name of the executable that is generated when I build my project?
  
  
• How can I see printf output in the console window?
  
  
• Why the console view does not display all the warning and error messages by default?
  
  
• Is there a file that contains all the launch configuration settings?
  
  
• How the CodeWarrior Project Importer handles recursive access paths?
  
  
• Can I disassemble my source code file?
  
  
• Where exactly the disassemble file gets created?
  
  
• Why the .metadata folder in my workspace stores a huge history?
  
  
• How to have projects from different workspaces or locations in a workspace?
  
  
• How can I switch to another workspace?
  
  
• My workspace takes long to close. How can I resolve this?
  
  
• What is the purpose of the Tasks view?
  
  
• What is the purpose of the Properties view?
  
  
• What is the purpose of the Outline view?
  
  
• How do I use the Outline View to get an overview of a source file and modify it directly?
  
  
• How can I find out if certain files contain debug information?
  
  
• How can I resolve the following error message that I get when I start the CodeWarrior IDE?
  
  
• How can I open an existing project in the CodeWarrior IDE?
  
  
• What is the Manage Configurations button in the C/C++ perspective toolbar used for? Could it be replaced by the Properties button?
  
  
• How can I start the post-build steps in the CodeWarrior IDE?
  
  
• Is it necessary to have the project name identical to the name of the directory that contains the .project file?
  
  
• Where does the CodeWarrior IDE save the debug configuration as a local file by default?
  
  
• When I save my launch configurations as a local file and then delete the project, all the local configurations get deleted as well. How can I resolve this issue?
  
  
• How can I modify and save the files in GBK encoding using the CodeWarrior IDE?
  
  
• How are the PARENT-COUNT-MyVariable definitions defined in the CodeWarrior IDE?
  
  
• Is there a way to instruct the CodeWarrior IDE to use relative paths instead of absolute ones to store the project file location in a workspace?
  
  
• How do I solve the probable mismatch of the OSJTAG Firmware with P&E Virtual Serial Port Utility?
  
  
• I am using CW10.1SE and MQX3.7 with all patches and updates. How can I solve this problem?
  
  
• What is a Working Set? How do I build/compile a Working Set?
  
  
• How do I search within the Working Set?
  
  
• How do I manage the Working Sets?
  
  
• How can I can filter the projects listed in the CodeWarrior Projects view based on Working Sets?
  
  
• How can I import/export a Working Set in the CodeWarrior eclipse IDE?
  
  
• What are Icon decorators?
  
  
• How do I enable or disable an icon decorator?
  
  
• Can the icon decorators be combined?
  
  
• When I open a large file in CodeWarrior IDE, an Editor Scalability dialog box appears, listing the message, "You are opening a large file. Scalability mode has been turned on for this editor to help improve performance by disabling features requiring to parse the source file language." What does it mean?
  
  
• How do I configure the Scalability settings?
  
  
• What is Timing System?
  
  
• Can I program a different Freedom Board using Freedom board as SWD programmer?
  
  
• Can MCU10.4 recover a bricked OpenSDA Freedom Board?
  
  
• Do I need to initialize my port pin?
  
  
• For my bootloader I need a way to send a file with a terminal program. As my serial connection has only Tx and Rx, but no RTSCTC lines for flow control, it is useful if the terminal program either implements software flow control (XONXOFF), or a delay value for sending a file. What do I do?
  
  
• How can I add my own code to be inserted as part of the system startup?
  
  
• How do I bootload an application?
  
  
• How do I decode S19 Files?
  
  
• How do I fix the 3.3V voltage drop on FRDM-KL25Z Board?
  
  
• How do I install open source USBDM?
  
  
• How do I load the Debug Application on my FRDM-K20D50M board?
  
  
• How do I make sure that application does not overlap with the FLASH area of the bootloader?
  
  
• How do I make sure that the bootloader gets linked only into its specified space?
  
  
• How do I set up criteria for bootloader to decide if it shall run the bootloader or the application at the startup?
  
  
• How do I use CMSIS-DAP with IAR on KL25Z Freedom Board?
  
  
• How do I use Freedom board as SWD programmer?
  
  
• How do I use printf() with the FRDM-KL25Z Board without using the Processor Expert?
  
  
• How does a bootloader work?
  
  
• I am debugging FRDM-KL05Z with USBDM, but I received a 'Failed to resume target process., Downloading binary to target..' error message. What do I do?
  
  
• My bootloader resides in the first lower flash pages. How do I avoid it to get destroyed and overwritten by the application?
  
  
• The OpenSDA connection is not available in the Connection page of the wizard. What do I do?
  
  
• What are the disadvantages of using printf() in the embedded system programming?
  
  
• What are the features of freedom board FRDM-K20D50M?
  
  
• What Bootloader Shell commands I can use?
  
  
• What is a bootloader?
  
  
• What is Bootloader Sequence?
  
  
• What is the code size required for the bootloader for FRDM-KL25Z board?
  
  
• Where can I find the software for my FRDM-K20D50M board?
  
  
• Which device should I use to create a new project for my FRDM-K20D50M board using CodeWarrior?