Can't select Shell Tool Post Linker in CW10

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Mark Taylor - 13 Dec 2005 23:33 GMT

In CW9 it was possible to create a target with Linker: None and
Post-linker: Shell Tool Post Linker. This was useful when the only
purpose of the target was to simply execute the script.

Now in CW10, the Shell Tool Post Linker does not appear in the
Post-linker popup when Linker: is set to None. Is this by design or is
this a bug?

Thanks,
- Mark

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David Capshaw - 19 Dec 2005 16:58 GMT

> Now in CW10, the Shell Tool Post Linker does not appear in the
> Post-linker popup when Linker: is set to None. Is this by design or is
> this a bug?

Perhaps the latter. The IDE is now (as of June 2004) more careful in matching
linkers to the output cpu and operating system. The None linker now has its own
constants: targetCPUNone and targetOSNone. (Previously they were effectively Any
and relied on the generous wildcard matching.)

The Shell Tool Post Linker target list was extended to list both Any and None so
it would continue to be usable with the None linker.

The Plugin Diagnostic All Info report should show the Shell Tool Post Linker
associated with the None linker.

Dave

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Mark Taylor - 04 Jan 2006 22:04 GMT

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the reply. I checked the Plug-In Diagnostic Info report and
it shows that the Shell Tool Post Linker is associated with only these
linkers: MacOS Merge, MacOS PPC Linker, and MacOS X PPC Linker. The
None linker is associated with nothing.

Can you suggest a fix?

Thanks very much,
- Mark

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David Capshaw - 11 Jan 2006 17:37 GMT

> Thanks for the reply. I checked the Plug-In Diagnostic Info report and
> it shows that the Shell Tool Post Linker is associated with only these
> linkers: MacOS Merge, MacOS PPC Linker, and MacOS X PPC Linker. The
> None linker is associated with nothing.
>
> Can you suggest a fix?

The real fix would be to use a Shell Tool Post Linker that includes None
in its target OS and CPU list. (But I don't know where such a plugin is
available.)

An expedient would be to edit the IDE executable and change the target OS
and CPU of the built-in null linker from None to Any. With this change the
post linker would be a candidate for use with the null linker. The edit is
to use **** to replace the None that is sandwiched between the strings
''The plugin's API ...'' and ''request =''.

Sorry for not having a more satisfactory answer,

Dave

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Can't select Shell Tool Post Linker in CW10