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Is there any refactoring tools/plug-ins/add-ons (even 3rd party) available for Keil IDE?
or
Has anyone done this sort of things any other way (any standalone tools/applications)?
Many Thanks for your suggestions and help
To do what?
http://www.keil.com/appnotes/list/uvision.htm
www.c51.de/.../uVision2DLLs.php
Probably refactor source code, i.e. nothing to do with simulation/emulation of hardware or peripherials.
Yes, exactly I want to refactor the source code [preferably from within the IDE] by use of some tools.
As an example : some other IDEs (eg: Visual Studio 2003) support 3rd party plug-ins (eg: Visual AssistX) that you install and allow you to perform standard refactoring jobs such as enabling you to rename a variable and all of its references at the same time inside all your project files with a simple right-click on one of the references or instances. [Currently the available way to do the above operation in Keil IDE is: 1-do a "Find in files..." to see all of the codes containing the specified name
2-Check one-by-one whether the name is of the same scope and type that you want to refactor
As you see this way is more error-prone and more time consuming than with a refactoring tool]
I am very interested to know if Keil IDE supports such plug-ins and if so, how can I obtain them [I really need such tools now].
Many thanks for your information
I'm still not entirely sure what you're trying to do, but it sounds to me like this is purely a source-code exercise? If that is the case, then you don't really need the Keil tools at all, do you?
You could do this "refactoring" exercise in Visual Studio (or whatever) - you don't need the Keil tools until it comes to actually building the "refactored" project for the target, and simulating and/or debugging it...
You could take it a step further, and use VS as your IDE for the Keil compiler, linker, etc - instead of uVision...
Yes you are absolutely right, the total job is a source-code matter only. But as you know it would be great if after any refactoring I could instantly rebuild the project to ensure the changes were safely performed.(A refactoring tools embedded in Keil IDE would be ideal, however external refactoring tools will be still useful)
>> You could take it a step further, and use VS as your IDE for the Keil compiler, linker, etc - instead of uVision...
Wow, thanks for the suggestion, I didn't even think that is possible. It would be great if I could do the job this way [is there any instructions available on this?]
Many Thanks
"is there any instructions available on this?"
That would be in the Visual Studio documentaion, surely?
I am currently working on a project that uses MSVS with the GNU tools, so it is certainly possible...
Thanks, you helped me a lot.
Now this seems that calling my C51 compiler, linker and assembler from MSVS should be the solution to my problem. This way I will be able to use my Refactoring tools as before from within the MSVS IDE. [I hope my refactoring tools will support ANSI-C]
Thanks again.
Unless your refactoring tools relies on the browser database created when using the original M$ compiler to build the project.
It's not difficult to make your embedded code compilable with the MS (or any other) compiler - in fact, it's often beneficial to do so!
Of course, you're unlikely to get it to run meaningfully on a PC - but that's not the point.
See: www.8052.com/.../read.phtml