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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.arm.com/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Why is uVision complaining about not finding an axf file when trying to flash a hex file?</title><link>https://community.arm.com/developer/tools-software/tools/f/keil-forum/48044/why-is-uvision-complaining-about-not-finding-an-axf-file-when-trying-to-flash-a-hex-file</link><description> I need to flash a .hex file to my board. I followed the steps in this guide to achieve that but I&amp;#39;m getting: 
 
 
 I don&amp;#39;t have a MyFirmware.axf file, I have a MyFirmware.hex file that is what I need to flash. I put that .hex file in the &amp;quot;Objects&amp;quot; folder</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>RE: Why is uVision complaining about not finding an axf file when trying to flash a hex file?</title><link>https://community.arm.com/thread/168622?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:43:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">dd9e70c8-6d3c-4c71-b136-2456382a7b5c:a82a1316-d644-431b-bc2a-09f8a032b79a</guid><dc:creator>Robert McNamara</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;3&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Enter the HEX file name into the field&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.keil.com/support/man/docs/uv4/uv4_dg_output_folder.htm"&gt;Project &amp;mdash; Options for Target &amp;mdash; Output &amp;mdash; Name of Executable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Make sure you have the file name with .hex extension on the target&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;i.e. The name of the executable should be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;FileName.hex.&amp;nbsp; If you don&amp;#39;t put the .hex on the end it will assume it is an axf file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>