Known Problems

• IDE-5385
  

  Pressing Ctrl+A in the Build window to select all contents of the window does not work.

• IDE-5329
  

  When you use a group name to group files in a project, and the group name contains spaces or characters that are not valid in a path, the source browser might not work correctly.

• IDE-5287
  

  Changes to the IDE key bindings (Tools>Options>Key Bindings) might not be saved after the IDE Options dialog box is closed.

• IDE-5283
  

  The Embedded Workbench IDE can have problems showing text correctly if the screen resolution is changed.

  
  See also: IDE-4579

• IDE-5239
  

  If you single-click on a function using the Go to function button in the editor window, the correct function is displayed in the editor, however, if you then click on this function, the editor scrolls to the start of the file.

• IDE-5229
  

  The source browser might fail to parse files and will display the error message:
  Paths are too long. Please move the browse info folder.

• IDE-5228
  

  In the editor, Alt-e-t (Edit>Cut) is incorrectly treated as Alt-e-T (Edit>Toggle All Folds).

• IDE-5180
  

  Breakpoints are not always tracked correctly when inserting source code before the breakpoint.

• IDE-5162
  

  The multi-file compilation option might not be included when creating a new configuration.

• IDE-5160
  

  Register format in the Registers window is not saved across debug sessions when the selected format is hexadecimal.

• IDE-5148
  

  Manually added toolbar buttons might become invisible.

• IDE-5058
  

  The IAR Embedded Workbench IDE might have problems showing text properly on high resolution displays.

  
  See also: IDE-4587 IDE-4579

• IDE-4867
  

  If the IDE is maximized, the toolbar area at the top of the Stack and Disassembly windows (where you select the stack view or search, respectively) disappears after you start a subsequent C-SPY session.

• IDE-4866
  

  New projects show the Debug Log as a window separated from the Build window. The tabs show the user's subsequent customisation, but are not docked by default.

• IDE-4750
  

  In an initial multicore debugging session, the configuration names might be wrong.

• IDE-4720
  

  Not being able to perform a full C++ parsing, the Watch window might give an error for variables which have the same identifier as a structure tag name.

  
  See also: IDE-4488

• IDE-4704
  

  On a multiple monitor setup, if the IAR Embedded Workbench has been opened on a secondary screen and then the user decides to only use the primary screen, the IAR Embedded Workbench might become hidden because it still uses the screen coordinates of the now defunct secondary monitor.

• IDE-4693
  

  The Show inactive code feature in the editor is an experimental feature.

• IDE-4692
  

  Due to simplified parsing rules, the Watch window might now show variables which have the same identifier as a type name.

• IDE-4688
  

  The Source Browser window can confuse the Shift-JIS encoding with UTF-8.

• IDE-4638
  

  Moving the boundary between docked windows might leave an extra gap below the horizontal scroll bar in the editor window.

• IDE-4624
  

  Source code completion can fail if the project path contains non-ASCII characters that are not included in the current code page on Windows.

• IDE-4621
  

  The checks 17.1 , 17.2, and 17.3 have check boxes in the Options page for MISRA 2004. This might mislead the user to think that 17.1 , 17.2, and 17.3 are checked by the tool, but they are not checked by the tool as noted in the documentation.

• IDE-4605
  

  If a file whose name is just too long to fit at the end of the row of tabs in the editor window is opened, the file will not be visible in the row of tabs.

• IDE-4593
  

  When iarbuild.exe loads a project generated with an older version of IAR Embedded Workbench, the project file is not updated to the new version.

• IDE-4589
  

  Editing or in other ways changing the project file while the IAR Embedded Workbench is active is not supported.

• IDE-4587
  

  The IAR Embedded Workbench might have issues with high DPI displays.

  
  See also: IDE-5058

• IDE-4579
  

  The Embedded Workbench IDE can have problems showing graphical elements properly if the screen resolution is changed.

  
  See also: IDE-5283 IDE-5058

• IDE-4561
  

  The IAR Embedded Workbench might have issues with high DPI displays.

• IDE-4531
  

  When undocking windows from the IAR Embedded Workbench and then docking them together, still outside the IAR Embedded Workbench main window, the undocked windows will not show up when restarting the IAR Embedded Workbench.

• IDE-4526
  

  The shortcut key for the command Project>C-STAT Static Analysis>Analyze File(s)  (Ctrl+Shift+F7) might not work when the editor window is in focus.

• IDE-4522
  

  The coloring of doxygen keywords can change to an incorrect color scheme when a source file is edited. Closing and reopening the file restores the coloring.

• IDE-4516
  

  Closing an undocked window during a debug session will make it reappear in the next debug session. (As opposed to a docked window; a docked window getting closed during a debug session will not reappear in the next debug session).

• IDE-4488
  

  Using casts in the Watch window might fail because of ambiguous grammar. A workaround could be to provide some context, for example, (struct Derived *) instead of just (Derived *).

  
  See also: IDE-4720

• IDE-4443
  

  When the C-SPY debugger is started, a message Flash download error: Failed to open file xxx.sim can be displayed, caused by the .sim file being locked.

• IDE-4442
  

  Font and Color settings are not inherited from older to newer versions of the Embedded Workbench IDE.

• IDE-4438
  

  Beginning with IAR Embedded Workbench shared components version 8.1, build actions (specified in the Project>Options>Build Actions dialog box) will execute as 'attached' processes, meaning that they no longer can open a separate window. To see the version number of the IAR Embedded Workbench shared components, choose Help>About>Product Info.

• IDE-4417
  

  The text editor might fail to correctly resolve active/inactive code for #if/#else/#endif branches, that is, #defines from included headers might not be included and complex #if statements might be evaluated incorrecly when resolving active/inactive code. Active/inactive code is only applicable for source files that are a part of the active project.

• IDE-4186
  

  The TI-RTOS plugin might open a large number of windows when the C-SPY Debugger is started.

• IDE-4162
  

  Having two editor windows docked side by side on two monitors can cause problems with the window scrollbars.

• IDE-4066
  

  Redrawing the IDE status bar on the screen can fail, especially when the display scaling is changed.

• IDE-4059
  

  The column labels in the Data Sample window are not updated when you switch variables in the Data Sample Setup window.

• IDE-3991
  

  Command line options, for example include paths, that end with two or more backslashes might give error message "[Su009]: Missing closing quote in command file".

• IDE-3959
  

  Because of a conflict with the Windows operating system, some IAR Embedded Workbench shortcut keys that contain the Alt key no longer work.

• EW25524 / IDE-2671
  

  When a breakpoint set at "memset();" triggered, the execution might halt at "__aeabi_memset(_D, _N, _C);" in DLib_Product_string.h.

• EW24226 / IDE-2513
  

  In some rare cases after performing a "Rebuild All" command, executing a "Download and Debug" command might not start the debug session. Executing a "Clean" command solves this problem.

• EW25237 / IDE-2479
  

  Pressing "Debug without Downloading" very rapidly creates a crash.

• EW25115 / IDE-2354
  

  After stepping over a statement that changes the value of the current stack pointer (for example by way of changing which SP that is the current SP) the execution might not stop as expected.

• EW24690 / IDE-2181
  

  If the embOS plugin is enabled, the contents of Locals window might fail to refresh when the execution stops.

• EW24090 / IDE-1871
  

  If you enable Code Coverage in the Disassembly window, it might be incomplete unless you also enable the Function Profiler and choose "Source Trace (flat)" from the context menu in the Function Profiler window.

• EW23847 / IDE-1639
  

  If a collapsed group of files in the Workspace window contains a file that will be rebuilt next time the project is built, the red star icon might not be shown in the build status column. However, if the file group is expanded, the icon is shown correctly.

• EW23821 / IDE-1611
  

  Files that are not members of a project can be checked out but not checked in again if you are using the IDE SCC integration.

• IDE-1355
  

  Disabling "Function Profiler" do not disable "Power Sampling".

• EW23347 / IDE-1347
  

  If you close the Disassembly window while it is the active window, it will be reopened every time execution stops.

  Workaround:
  Click in the editor window to make it active before you close the Disassembly window. Now then the Disassembly window will only reopen when the execution stops at a location that does not have any corresponding source code.

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