CAA RADE Troubleshooting

If you have problems that you can't figure out, here is a list of things to try:

1. Make sure that you have updated the runtime view recently.
    
   
   
   This copies all the "resources" files to the runtime view (anything under a CNEXT directory inside a Framework). If you are having trouble getting things to work properly you should just do this.
2. Re-compile your code using the Build->mkmk... dialog instead of F7. When you make changes to the Imakefile.mk or the IdentityCard.h files F7 doesn't always look at those changes while the mkmk... option does.
3. Check the Imakefile.mk file to make sure it contains everything that you need. If you get link errors such as "fatal error LNK1120: 177 unresolved externals" preceded by an error or a list of errors identified with "error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol..." or "error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol...", it is probably an error from the Imakefile.mk not having enough information in it.
4. Check the IndentityCard.h file to make sure it contains everything that you need. If you get errors such as "fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'SomeFile.h'" It is most likely because you have included the file "SomeFile.h" without pointing the compiler to where that file resides by entering the folder name in the IndentityCard.h file.
5. Sometimes one of your dll libraries or one of the objects becomes corrupted or mis-linked. Normally, in Visual Studio, we would perform a Build->Clean Solution to delete all the objects which then requires the compiler to rebuild them. To do this in CAA RADE you must use the command line (there is not integrated button for this mkmk command).
   1. Open the command window
       
      
   2. Type the command "mkRemoveDo -a" and hit Enter
       
      
   3. Recompile the code with the mkmk... option.

Warnings in Visual Studio
There is an issue with Visual Studio 2005 which causes it to throw a number of warnings (which do not prevent the program from being compiled correctly if there are no other errors). These warnings are erroneous and should not be registered as warnings by the compiler. They can be quite a nuisance since it becomes difficult to figure out where your errors are if there are a bunch of warnings listed there too. These warnings can be disabled by adding

LOCAL_CCFLAGS= /wd4251

to the Imakefile.mk file of each module directly after the the line which reads

OS = Windows_NT

 

for a list of detailed errors, please see List of Errors