Nothing happen when runing generate_solution_win.bat

gheyret

Hi Community,
I am trying to take the first step with the C++ plugin, Then I tried to create the plugins.sln file by holding down the steps of the C++ SDK on Windows.
And I run the generate_solution_win.bat file but nothing happen, just a window popup and close qucikly.
is that i'm missing something or do something wrong?

ferdinand

Hey @gheyret,

Thank your for reaching out to us. That is a bit odd but I have hunch to what could be the issue. Try to replace the content of the file with this:

@echo off
setlocal

:: Check if the project tool exists.
set "ptool=%~dp0tools\projecttool\kernel_app_64bit.exe"
if not exist "%ptool%" (
    echo "Project tool not found at '%ptool%'."
    exit /b 1
)

:: Run the project tool on the project and create a symbolic link to the solution.
echo Running project tool on project at '%~dp0'.
%ptool% g_updateproject=%~dp0

endlocal

I.e., I removed the bit where it creates a symbolic link to the solution file for you. When even this does not work, I would have to ask you to try to run the project tool manually. This could also be something %~dp0 related. Do you have any non-unicode or whitespace characters in your paths? The windows terminal does not like them, and you cannot properly escape them in batch files.

d:\projects\cinema\2024_SDK                   #OK  - Just ASCII, no whitespaces
d:\projects\cinema and stuff\2024_SDK         #NOK - white spaces in path
d:\projects\cínemüß\2024_SDK                  #NOK - Non-ASCII characters, can lead to troubles too

Cheers,
Ferdinand

gheyret

Hi @ferdinand,
I replace the content, but it's same as the video on top.

ferdinand

Hm,

hard to trouble shoot, have you check the paths?

gheyret

Yes, And I'm sure I don't have any non-unicode character in my path

gheyret

@ferdinand
Oh！ sorry for that, it's white space!

gheyret

It works correctly!
Thank you so much for your help!

ferdinand

Yeah, no worries, and I am glad that it works for you. The windows terminal also drives me nuts every time (I in fact hate ALL terminals equally ).

Maybe I'll add a little warning to the getting started guides about this ...

gheyret

Yeah, it's a little bit anoying, but the problem's solve!
Ready for rocking with C++! wohoo~