Unable to use the uV4 Beta

I have just downloaded the uVision4 Beta and I have been so far unable to use it with a uV3 project due to a consistent crash. Note that I did not remove the uVision3 installation.

I am using Windows XP Professional, SP2.

The steps to reproduce the problem are the following:

1. Start uV4
2. Open the .uv3 project through Project > OpenProject... (and selecting 'Previous project files' on the drop-down list)

And the results:

1. An error message pops up with the following information:

"uVision - Path for Toolset undefined

'C:\Keil\TOOLS.INI' does not contain a tool path

You have selected a device where no toolchain has been installed."

I click on 'OK' to close the dialog.

2. Since there is no toolchain selected, nor can the project be compiled neither can a device be selected from the Device database under the 'Target Options'.

3. I then proceed to open the 'Components, Environment and Books' dialog in order to have a look whether the
'C:\Keil\TOOLS.INI' '(which is valid and present in the system).

4. There I try to see whether I can see more information about TOOLS.INI.

5. When clicking on the 'Folders/Extensions' tab on the 'Components, Environment and Books', uVision4 crashes with a standard Windows crash dialog without further information than 'uVision IDE has encountered a problem and needs to be closed' (note that this is an approximate translation from the original German message).

Is this a known bug? Is there a workaround?

Many thanks in advance.

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  • Hi David,

    This problem sounds like you have installed the uVision4 Beta 1 upgrade to a different base folder than your toolchain.

    The uVision 4 Beta 1 installer does not contain the toolchain, only uVision4 itself, therefore it needs to be installed on top of an existing uVision3 installation.

    Firstly, make sure you have the latest version of your toolchain by starting uVision3 and clicking 'Help -> Check for Updates...' or visiting http://www.keil.com/update/

    Next, uninstall uVision4 and re-install it to the same base folder as your up-to-date uVision3 installation (eg C:\Keil).

    You should then be able to successfully load and compile your project.

    P.S. I have verified that the crash you have seen when missing the tools.ini is a problem. This will be rectified as soon as possible. Thanks for your feedback.

    Richard

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  • Hi David,

    This problem sounds like you have installed the uVision4 Beta 1 upgrade to a different base folder than your toolchain.

    The uVision 4 Beta 1 installer does not contain the toolchain, only uVision4 itself, therefore it needs to be installed on top of an existing uVision3 installation.

    Firstly, make sure you have the latest version of your toolchain by starting uVision3 and clicking 'Help -> Check for Updates...' or visiting http://www.keil.com/update/

    Next, uninstall uVision4 and re-install it to the same base folder as your up-to-date uVision3 installation (eg C:\Keil).

    You should then be able to successfully load and compile your project.

    P.S. I have verified that the crash you have seen when missing the tools.ini is a problem. This will be rectified as soon as possible. Thanks for your feedback.

    Richard

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