B4R Question Compile Error - cannot find the path specified

Erel

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• Apr 12, 2016

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It happens because of the spaces in the path. It will be fixed in the next update.

For now move your project to d:\store\b4r and it will work.

 

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barx

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• Apr 12, 2016

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Thanks,

I actually thought I had tried that, but forgot to remove the space actual projects folder

So, now done that and the error has gone. Got another error now though. Searching for that lead me to this thread
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...t-convert-serial_-with-arduino-esplora.65684/

So, now i'm off to install beta5

 

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barx

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• Apr 12, 2016

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I would mark this as [SOLVED] if I knew how, lol

 

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tchart

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• Jun 26, 2016

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Erel said:

It happens because of the spaces in the path. It will be fixed in the next update.

For now move your project to d:\store\b4r and it will work.

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@Erel, is this fixed? I've just received my ESP8266 and am finally trying B4R out. My project will not compile if tehre is a space in the projects folder name. I'm using 1.2 Beta 2. Projects compile fine if there is no space.

 

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Erel

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• Jun 26, 2016

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It should be fixed (it works here). Do you get the same error message?

 

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tchart

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• Jun 26, 2016

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Erel said:

It should be fixed (it works here). Do you get the same error message?

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@Erel, yes the same error message. Works fine if there are no spaces in the path.

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Compiling & deploying Ino project (NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module) - COM9)    Error

GetFileAttributesEx E:\Dropbox\My Apps\Arduino\Test2\Objects\Apps\Arduino\Test2\Objects\bin: The system cannot find the path specified.
Error compiling for board NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module).

 

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Erel

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• Jun 27, 2016

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Might be related to the Dropbox folder.

 

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tchart

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• Jun 28, 2016

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@Erel, its not related to Dropbox. I tried on "E:\My Apps" and "D:\My Apps". I get the same error message.

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Compiling & deploying Ino project (NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module) - COM9)    Error

GetFileAttributesEx E:\My Apps\Test2\Objects\Apps\Test2\Objects\bin: The system cannot find the path specified.
Error compiling for board NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module).

However if I move it to "C:\My Apps" it does compile. So it looks like the "spaces in path issue" is fixed for C: but not other drives.

 

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Erel

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• Jun 28, 2016

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B4R uses a Windows API to get the "dos format" path. Not sure why it doesn't work on your computer. Here it works on all drives.

 

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tchart

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• Jun 28, 2016

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Erel said:

B4R uses a Windows API to get the "dos format" path. Not sure why it doesn't work on your computer. Here it works on all drives.

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Indeed, I've just tested in DOS and "C:\My Apps" shows as "C:\MYAPPS~1" however "D/E:\My Apps" shows as "D:\My Apps"

I'm using Windows 10 Pro x64.

 

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tchart

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• Jun 28, 2016

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@Erel, apparently 8.3 naming can be set per volume.

http://serverfault.com/questions/463154/dir-x-83-path-name-is-not-working-on-one-drive

BTW this is a fresh windows 10 install as of a few weeks ago so the default values have not been tweaked. Other users could encounter this.

 

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Erel

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• Jun 28, 2016

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The problem is in the Arduino compiler. The IDE can handle any valid path.

 

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tchart

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• Jun 30, 2016

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Just an FYI but simply running the command mentioned in the link above (ie
fsutil 8dot3name set D: 0) will not resolve the problem.

This only enables 8.3 name creation for new folders.

If you have an existing path with a space you need to recreate it. I renamed my "My Apps" folder to "My Apps2", created a new "My Apps" folder and then copied my projects across. Only then would it compil

 

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