when you import a project to CW, if select "copy project to workspace", the project file(.project) and all the files IN and UNDER the project folder will be ported into your workspace. But if the project links the folders/files that are not under the project folder, these linked folders/files will not be ported by importer.
if you don't select "Copy projects into workspace", all the project files and folders will remain on the locations as they are.
specifically, you can right click on the file from CW IDE, "properties", then view the file location:
here is where to check if the project files setting correct.
If you create a new project in your local drive, we can link source files from other network drive without problem in CW.
But from my experience, we couldn't work on another network project from other computer normally. Thus, I strongly recommend you copy the project and source files folders to your local disk and work on the project locally.
Have a great day,
Jennie Zhang
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you said " but missing that single check box ", what single check box you missed?
The one you mentioned above.
All subsequent errors in compile/link were avoided when project imported with this checkbox, which, by the way, I hadn't been able to find any reference to in the 'Help' available in the IDE. The entire IDE is remarkably devoid of explanations (or perhaps I haven't 'hunted' them down yet) on how to proceed on your own, when Tech Support fails to provide a timely and complete response. Like I wrote earlier, one minute on phone with warm body vs a long and protracted 4-day exchange with tech support with my fingers crossed that the forthcoming explanation will be complete solution. Which do you think is more efficient? How much time did you spend reading the original support request, answering - incompletely, following up again, perhaps reacquainting with problem (and possibly now having lost sight of the original problem), etc, etc? BIG WASTE OF TIME. We'd be out of business if our tech support were this unresponsive. Customers move to more accommodating and responsive manufacturers (and development environments).
That said, sometimes providing a detailed account in writing allows tech support to study the matter in detail. However, the option of a phone call should always be there, especially for what was such an easily solved problem. Then again, the miss of the check box caused all problems subsequently reported above.
Under the CW10.7 install, there is document CodeWarrior Common Features Guide.pdf. Selection "Copy projects into workspace" is mentioned in NOTE, as I highlight below:
As I said before, when select "Copy projects into workspace", all the files IN and UNDER the project folder will be imported into your workspace. and you work on the project files from your workspace. Otherwise, all the project files are still in the original folder as they were.
As you said, in your project, your project can only work with checking "Copy projects into workspace" option. I think this should associate with your project file path setting, I guess your project path setting relies on the workspace path. here is of where to check the path setting. pls check same on your side.
In the end, let me take opportunity to explain why community can't provide phone support to you:
Normally the company provides two kinds of technical support. FREE support and PAID support.
Paid support is always the fastest and most efficient. but this is not my scope, I don't talk more it here.
When our customers post question to community or submit a case to NXP support (How to submit a new question for NXP Support ), they use our free support service.
Community support is a kind of visitable support to public. our purpose is not only solve individual questions, but also post all the working process and solution to public. Thus when other mass customer has similar problem, they can search it out and refer it to their design. although it 's not immediate support, but it can not only help individual but also potentially help dozens or more customers behind. This is why we must input all the working process to community word by word. and this is one of the most important purpose of why we create community.
NXP also has free individual support, as I suggest you in my previous response, to submit a case to support team (How to submit a new question for NXP Support ). You need fill some item for submit the question but you have to. the support team is global team, You can try to request if there is an available support engineer can talk to you for your region.
Have a great day,
Jennie Zhang
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