Calling external tools

Introduction

There can be an error message after setting up an external tool in the IAR Embedded Workbench.

Discussion

This error message...

The handle is invalid.

...can occur after setting up an external tool at: Tools > Configure Tools...

Example

Specifying Command as follows will lead to the error message:

C:\TEMP\doit.bat $PROJ_DIR$

Suggestions

• Specify a shell (for example cmd.exe) as Command
  and specify script(s) (for example .bat file(s)) to be called as Argument.
• Avoid specifying an Argument variable (such as $PROJ_PATH$) as Initial Directory.

The suggestion is to specify Command and Argument as follows:

Command: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

Argument: /C C:\TEMP\doit.bat $PROJ_DIR$

Conclusion

The suggestions above can help when setting up an external tool.

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