Problem using SDK 5th with Carbide.c++

[Cartouche67]

Hi guys,
First sorry for my english I'm French.
I am a new Symbian developer and I have a problem to use the SDK 5th with Carbide.c++ 2.0

I run on Vista and I have installed Perl 5.6.1 and this SDK :
http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.n..._One_SDKs.html

So, the problem is when I want to build the Hello Wolrd example :


and the Preference Menu :


it seems that the SKD does not installed correctly.
Any help will be appreciated.

[ltomuta]

Do you have the file "c:\program files\common files\symbian\devices.xml"? What is its content?

[Cartouche67]

Yes I do :

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<devices version="1.0">
<device id="S60_5th_Edition_SDK_v1.0_2" name="com.nokia.s60" default="yes" userdeletable="yes">
<epocroot>C:\S60\devices\S60_5th_Edition_SDK_v1.0_2</epocroot>
<toolsroot>C:\S60\devices\S60_5th_Edition_SDK_v1.0_2</toolsroot>
</device>
<device id="S60_5th_Edition_SDK_v1.0_3" name="com.nokia.s60" default="no" userdeletable="yes">
<epocroot>C:\S60\devices\S60_5th_Edition_SDK_v1.0_3</epocroot>
<toolsroot>C:\S60\devices\S60_5th_Edition_SDK_v1.0_3</toolsroot>
</device>
</devices>

[ltomuta]

Do those two SDK's exist at the specified locations?

[Cartouche67]

Yes they are in this location.. I don't understand what I done wrong.

[Cartouche67]

I managed to put the SDK manually, using this link : http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/fo...d.php?t=147062
and my devices.xml.

But if someone knows why it doesn't configured itself, I'm curious.
Thanks for your help.

[ltomuta]

What is the content of devices.xml now?

[Cartouche67]

It does not change.

[ltomuta]

Ok, it must be the virtual storage thing then. Vista is protecting your devices.xml and files that try to write it will in fact modify a copy of the files stored under your user profile directory.

Search for devices.xml, locate the copy and then you can move it (or rather its content) to the proper location so that all all the apps see the same file.

[Cartouche67]

Ok I see, I did what you said and Vista asked me an administrator right to copy the file.
This devices.xml contents :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<devices version="1.0">
<device default="yes" id="S60_5th_Edition_SDK_v1.0_2" name="com.nokia.s60" userdeletable="no">
<epocroot>C:\S60\devices\S60_5th_Edition_SDK_v1.0_2\</epocroot>
</device>
</devices>

in fact this is what I give in the preferences of Carbide ...

Do you know why I had this problem ?

[ltomuta]

It is a new Vista feature that protects the files stored in sensitive areas, such as under "C:\Program Files\...". A copy of them is created when untrusted attempts are made to write them so that the data is written into a copy of the file, not in the file itself. This is supposed to be transparent to the apps but unfortunately it is not.

As long as the two copy of the file are in sync you have no problem with that, most of the tools just read from the file so as long as they read the same thing then you don't care where they read it from. In fact you can delete the copy after you transfer the content and all the tools will be able to read from the original location.

You will have to remember about this problem though each time you modify the configuration (e.g. if you install new SDK or if you call devices.exe) and inspect the content of the files when running into problems.

As an alternative solution you could make sure to run Carbide.c++ (and other tools as well) as Administrator.

[Cartouche67100]

Ok thank you very much ltomuta.