Program Corrections

• Version 8.2.0 IDE-3935
  Using the Shift-JIS encoding in the built-in editor might confuse the editor's syntax coloring.

• Version 8.1.2 IDE-4256
  The setting of the option *No source browser and build status updates when the IDE is not the foreground process* is now saved between sessions.

• Version 8.1.1 IDE-4253
  The editor no longer warns that a file is too large when it cannot find the file.

• Version 8.1.1 IDE-4252
  The Source Browser window now works under Windows 7. Starting the Source Browser now takes 2 seconds instead of about 20 seconds.

• Version 8.1.1 EW25573 / IDE-2657
  The Source Browser can now handle multi-byte character-sets where paths contain character value 0x5c (= '\').

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-4220
  Repeated Find in Files operations now work correctly with files that have been saved under a different name.

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-4164
  Selected text in a split editor window makes it impossible to select text in other editor windows.
  See also: IDE-4064

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-4161
  As a workaround to prevent crashes, the C-SPY Debugger displays non-ASCII characters as '.'.

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-4146
  The IDE will no longer become unresponsive for a very long time if a Find in files operation results in a very large number of hits.

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-4102
  The C-SPY debug command *Set Next Statement* might not work if you switch from C-SPY to another application and then back again to C-SPY.

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-4088
  Live Update can now be used simultaneously in multiple Memory window instances.

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-4082
  A problem that prevented new breakpoints from being set when the *Breakpoints* window is floating has been corrected.

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-4064
  Selecting words in split editor windows could trigger an internal problem that, for example, could mean that Find in Files didn't work.
  See also: IDE-3951 IDE-4164

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-4020
  Starting and then immediately stopping a build now works correctly.

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-4008
  A tooltip has been added for the Autostep button on a customized Debug toolbar.

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-3973
  After splitting an editor window, it is not possible to set a breakpoint in the original window.
  See also: IDE-3951

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-3951
  After splitting an editor window, it is not possible to set a breakpoint in the original window.
  See also: IDE-3973 IDE-4064

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-3907
  ELF/DWARF information generated by third party tools, for example the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), is now interpreted correctly by the C-SPY Debugger.

• Version 8.1.0 EW26615 / IDE-3803
  Now all debugger windows can have a black background.
  See also: IDE-3325

• Version 8.1.0 IDE-3038
  Editing in the Memory Window with slow connection to the debug probe may write inconsistent data

• Version 8.1.0 EW25406 / IDE-2538
  There could be a deadlock in the disassembly window when a breakpoint invokes a condition macro, where the macro tries to manipulate breakpoints.

• Version 8.1.0 EW25231 / IDE-2436
  It is now OK to have an output file from the linker with no extension.

• Version 8.1.0 EW24810 / IDE-2255
  A source code breakpoint set in an assert statement will now be placed at the very start of the statement, so that it triggers every time. Previously it was incorrectly set on the call to an internal helper function, and was consequently only triggered when the assertion failed. This change also applies to various other similar situations.

• Version 8.1.0 EW17530 / IDE-2190
  Static variables defined locally in a function will now be shown in the Watch window.

• Version 8.0.14 IDE-4073
  Due to a problem with type unification across modules, the debugger can sometimes fail to show the contents of structure and union types.

• Version 8.0.14 IDE-4055
  Changing the MSP430 C-SPY debugger driver from Simulator to FET Debugger no longer causes a crash.

• Version 8.0.14 IDE-4030
  Source browser operations such as "Go to Definition" and "Go to Declaration" will now work in source code in the presence of nested expressions with a nesting depth that exceeds 256.

• Version 8.0.14 IDE-4028
  The cspybat option {{--leave_target_running}} is now saved in the correct position in the generated command line.

• Version 8.0.14 IDE-4011
  The ThreadX plugin no longer crashes when the execution is stopped.

• Version 8.0.14 EW26624 / IDE-3808
  It is no longer possible to drag the menu bar from its location.

• Version 8.0.14 IDE-3325
  Some debugger windows become unreadable when selecting a high-contrast theme.
  See also: IDE-3803

• Version 8.0.14 IDE-3121
  Searching in files now works with UTF-8 encoding.

• Version 8.0.14 EW24072 / IDE-1879
  The editor option *Show line numbers* now follows the system coloring scheme correctly.

• Version 8.0.13 IDE-3994
  The Japanese message displayed when IarBuild is launched is now correct.

• Version 8.0.13 EW24322 / IDE-1969
  Collapsing and expanding text regions in the editor now work as expected.

• Version 8.0.12 EW26514 / IDE-3749
  If a debug session is aborted abnormally (due to loss of target communication, for example), the window layout for debugging is now preserved correctly for the workspace.

• Version 8.0.12 EW22608 / IDE-2893
  The value of a float type placed in a packed struct is no longer displayed incorrectly.

• Version 8.0.12 EW24665 / IDE-2152
  Trying to use the uCProbe plugin simultaneously in more than one instance of IAR Embedded Workbench causes the debugger to exit.

• Version 8.0.11 IDE-3919
  The horizontal scroll buttons in the *Workspace* window can now be used while C-SPY is running.
  See also: IDE-3882

• Version 8.0.11 IDE-3882
  When C-SPY was running, it was not possible to click a tab in the *Workspace* window to switch to another view.
  See also: IDE-3919

• Version 8.0.11 IDE-3770
  In the Debugger category of the *IDE Options* dialog box (available by choosing *Tools>Options*), it is possible to set the Update interval for the debugger windows down to 1 ms. However, the actual implementation cannot operate at less than 10 ms. Even at that update rate, the actual update intervals will fluctuate with the OS level scheduling and might be inconsistent.

• Version 8.0.10 IDE-3830
  The IDE no longer creates empty build-related log files, for example $PROJ_DIR$\BuildLog.log.

• Version 8.0.9 EW26606 / IDE-3800
  If you have libraries in your project that are set to *Exclude from build*, this option will be cleared as soon you make any changes in the project option settings.

• Version 8.0.9 EW25836 / IDE-2940
  The Navigate Backward button now works correctly when the editor window is split into multiple panes.

• Version 8.0.9 EW25438 / IDE-2675
  Selecting Window->Close Window on an empty editor pane now works as expected.
  See also: IDE-2674

• Version 8.0.9 EW25440 / IDE-2674
  Ctrl-Tab now sets focus properly after closing a vertical editor pane.
  See also: IDE-2675

• Version 8.0.9 EW23061 / IDE-1264
  CSpyBat now expand environment variables in .board files.

• Version 8.0.8 IDE-3797
  If a line ends with //, the editor now indents the next line (where the comment follows) correctly.

• Version 8.0.8 IDE-3794
  The EW could crash when trying to do code completion and source browser tooltip when the source browser found many severe errors in the processed source file.
  See also: IDE-3787

• Version 8.0.8 IDE-3787
  If the Source Browser Indexer was enabled, the IAR Embedded Workbench IDE crashed when it opened certain source files.
  See also: IDE-3794

• Version 8.0.7 EW26539 / IDE-3762
  Embedded Workbench no longer crashes when using context menu in View->Registers->Register User Groups Setup window

• Version 8.0.7 IDE-3651
  IarBuild will now fail when it cannot expand an argument variable.
  See also: IDE-1893

• Version 8.0.6 IDE-3721
  The entire IDE no longer crashes when an error occurs in one of the IDE tools.

• Version 8.0.6 IDE-3719
  Multicore debug sessions no longer delete the language settings (English/Japanese) for IAR Embedded Workbench.

• Version 8.0.6 IDE-3716
  Files linked via NTFS junctions can now be opened from the search results of the Find in Files command.

• Version 8.0.6 EW26485 / IDE-3714
  It is now possible to write to a write-only register in a Registers window.

• Version 8.0.6 IDE-3710
  If the user tries to make edits to a linker configuration file, using the Linker configuration file editor (Project>Options>Linker>Config>Edit), a dialog box will prompt them to save the file elsewhere if they do not have write access to the directory where the file is located.

• Version 8.0.5 EW26463 / IDE-3741
  Parenthesis and bracket matching works correctly in the ediitor.

• Version 8.0.5 IDE-3697
  IarBuild misinterpreted build configurations named 'debug' and 'release' as 'Debug' and 'Release'.

• Version 8.0.5 IDE-3643
  The command Insert Template>Edit Template on the editor window context menu now works correctly.

• Version 8.0.4 EW25481 / IDE-2673
  Setting the editor font to "Arial" resulted in "Arial-Narrow" being used instead. This has been corrected.

• Version 8.0.2 EW26414 / IDE-3599
  'Go to Definition' on a preprocessor macro now goes to the correct #define

• Version 8.0.0 EW26181 / IDE-3326
  The Sampled Graphs window now retains the zoom level setting between sessions.

• Version 8.0.0 EW25793 / IDE-2855
  C-SPY displayed blank for variables of type 'char' in range 0x80-0xFF since it tried to interpret them as multi-byte characters.

• Version 8.0.0 EW26104 / IDE-2806
  Reads of register bitfields now only reads the register once

• Version 8.0.0 EW24771 / IDE-2207
  In rare cases IarBuild.exe might return failure status (1) even when the build actions were successful.

• Version 8.0.0 EW23971 / IDE-1769
  All IAR Embedded Workbench windows use the system encoding when displaying text (editor is the only exception). This means that text encoded in a different way might be displayed incorrectly.

• Version 7.5.7 IDE-3547
  A project connected with Processor Expert cannot add files to the project

• Version 7.5.3 EW25954 / IDE-3108
  Using environment variables does now work in Project>Options>General>Output>Output Directories.

• Version 7.5.2 EW26163 / IDE-3329
  The Watch window now can show auto variables in nested scopes.

• Version 7.5.2 EW26139 / IDE-3305
  The Embedded Workbench no longer inhibits sleep mode when a project is loaded

• Version 7.5.0 EW24988 / IDE-2304
  In some situations, stepping out from an interrupt handler could cause the debugger to lose the connection to target.
  See also: IDE-1131

• Version 7.5.0 EW24514 / IDE-2076
  Sometimes a Build or a Clean operation might fail, producing the error message "General exception during build" or "General exception during clean".

• Version 7.5.0 EW22379 / IDE-1131
  In some situations, stepping out from an interrupt handler could cause the debugger to lose the connection to target.
  See also: IDE-2304

• Version 7.4.1 IDE-3153
  During debug sessions, when collecting trace information, the debugger could become unresponsive or even crash.

• Version 7.4.1 IDE-2977
  The source browser no longer uses the %TEMP% folder. This solves a problem that severely slowed down the build process.

• Version 7.4.0 EW25929 / IDE-3015
  Dragging variables to the Data Sample Setup window now works as expected.

• Version 7.4.0 EW24425 / IDE-2031
  Making the Disassembly window extremely high and wide no longer makes it flicker.

• Version 7.3.3 IDE-2993
  Some C-SPY debugger drivers that use 'internal' flash loaders sometimes generated an incorrect verification error message because the verification started before the driver could program the flash memory. The driver now programs the flash before verification starts.

• Version 7.3.2 IDE-373
  It is now possible to rename a workspace by using Save Workspace As.
  See also: IDE-2463

• Version 7.3.2 EW25803 / IDE-2938
  A problem with displaying the Event Log in the Timeline window has been corrected.

• Version 7.3.2 EW22793 / IDE-2892
  The IAR Embedded Workbench IDE no longer corrupts dependency files (filename extension .dep) when recursive includes are encountered.
  See also: IDE-2779

• Version 7.3.2 IDE-2884
  Autostep now saves the settings between debug sessions (not per project). It also prints a log when starting and stopping.

• Version 7.3.2 IDE-2803
  The macro registration window is now more reliable with respect to visualizing the load status of macro files.

• Version 7.3.2 EW25756 / IDE-2779
  Find in Files (Ctrl+Shift+F) no longer runs out of memory if the source code includes recursive include files.
  See also: IDE-2892

• Version 7.3.2 EW23642 / IDE-2704
  A problem, that caused breakpoints to end up on the wrong line when editing source code, has been corrected.

• Version 7.3.2 EW25491 / IDE-2672
  Parallel build no longer corrupts dependency files (.dep).

• Version 7.3.2 EW25637 / IDE-2669
  Inserting a new line in a line that contained only a comment might reposition the cursor on a previous line.
  See also: IDE-1901

• Version 7.3.2 EW25639 / IDE-2668
  When overriding inherited settings the dialog box title now shows the file for which settings are overridden.

• Version 7.3.2 EW25328 / IDE-2495
  Enabling parallel build no longer blocks post-build actions.
  See also: IDE-2476

• Version 7.3.2 EW25314 / IDE-2480
  .out files are generated now also the first time a project is built with both multi-file compilation and parallel build enabled.
  See also: IDE-2477 IDE-2476

• Version 7.3.2 EW25282 / IDE-2476
  Parallel build now handles multi-file compilation correctly.
  See also: IDE-2495 IDE-2477 IDE-2480

• Version 7.3.2 EW24049 / IDE-1901
  When the editor option Auto indent was enabled, pressing Enter when the insertion point was positioned before a space character in an editor window might cause the cursor to disappear.
  See also: IDE-2669

• Version 7.3.0 EW25538 / IDE-2670
  Dropping an .eww file on Info Center no longer starts an Example project save sequence. Now the workspace is opened as expected.
  See also: IDE-2658

• Version 7.3.0 EW25616 / IDE-2658
  Dropping an Embedded Workbench IDE workspace file (.eww) on the Information Center window started an Example project save sequence.
  See also: IDE-2670

• Version 7.2.9 EW25727 / IDE-2783
  The context menu for setting breakpoints now discriminates for plausible identifiers

• Version 7.2.8 EW25737 / IDE-2759
  When the ThreadX plugin was enabled C-SPY might crash unexpectedly when stopping at, for example, a breakpoint, even if the plugin was not being used.

• Version 7.2.8 IDE-2757
  An error in retrieving the current locale could load the wrong code page, thus misinterpreting non-ASCII characters.

• Version 7.2.8 EW25709 / IDE-2749
  Relative paths specified in the 'Output directories' boxes (available by choosing Project>Options>General Options>Output) might fail.
  See also: IDE-2464

• Version 7.2.7 EW25555 / IDE-2904
  If a program contains several different unnamed structure types with equally named and typed fields, but with different offsets, the debugger can display some of the structure types incorrectly.

• Version 7.2.7 EW25679 / IDE-2712
  The source browser could become unresponsive if the .pbi or .pbd file was corrupt.

• Version 7.2.7 EW25666 / IDE-2703
  Double-clicking an .eww file do now start a new instance of IAR Embedded Workbench.
  See also: IDE-2660

• Version 7.2.7 EW25650 / IDE-2699
  Saving the contents of the Interrupt Log window to a file now includes the Execution Time field.

• Version 7.2.7 EW25535 / IDE-2689
  Too long texts in a tooltip could cause a crash. Now a text that does not fit is truncated.

• Version 7.2.7 EW25351 / IDE-2676
  Pressing Alt+R in the Find in Files dialog box resulted in a Replace in Files action instead of selecting the Match regular expression option.

• Version 7.2.7 EW25643 / IDE-2667
  The 'Replace with' field in the 'Replace in Files' dialog box no longer has a string size limit.

• Version 7.2.7 EW25653 / IDE-2662
  Dragging and dropping an item within the Workspace window could lead to a crash.

• Version 7.2.7 EW23376 / IDE-2660
  Windows could incorrectly issue the message "There was a problem sending the command to the program" when trying to open an .eww file.
  See also: IDE-2703

• Version 7.2.7 EW25507 / IDE-2562
  Evaluating expressions that produced out-of-bounds results could cause the Debugger to crash. The problem affected the Watch windows and some plugins.

• Version 7.2.7 EW25253 / IDE-2464
  Custom argument variables that expand to an absolute path are not recognized as such when expanded as a part of an output directory path on the General Options Output page in the Project Options dialog box.
  See also: IDE-2749

• Version 7.2.7 EW24581 / IDE-2110
  In the simulator it was not possible to read registers (for instance the PC) in the execUserExecutionStopped macro. It is now fixed.

• Version 7.2.5 EW25411 / IDE-2556
  Cspybat might fail to handle paths that contain spaces.

• Version 7.2.4 EW25456 / IDE-2542
  A dependency on loading user arguments variables made that any failure on loading a user argument variable prevented subsequent loads, this is now corrected.

• Version 7.2.4 IDE-2537
  Viewing external web content could cause script error alerts to be displayed

• Version 7.2.4 IDE-2510
  The project connection file's element works properly now.

• Version 7.2.4 EW25310 / IDE-2477
  Batch builds ignore the 'Tools>Options>Project>Stop build operation on' option.
  See also: IDE-2476 IDE-2480

• Version 7.2.1 EW25317 / IDE-2486
  In some situations toggling a breakpoint in an editor window might create a new breakpoint instead of just toggling an existing one.

• Version 7.2.1 EW25312 / IDE-2478
  For larger projects (~100 files under version control) the IDE could fail to update the Subversion status

• Version 7.2.1 EW25267 / IDE-2463
  If you save a newly created workspace it might still be named "Untitled Workspace" on the Overview tab in the Workspace window.
  See also: IDE-373

• Version 7.2.1 EW24549 / IDE-2111
  Under certain circumstances, for example when changing Project>Options or selecting another configuration, automatic Windows 8 compatibility settings could cause problems for IAR Embedded Workbench.

• Version 7.2.1 EW23171 / IDE-1291
  Switching the memory zone in the Disassembly window no longer causes the IDE to stop working.

• Version 7.2.0 EW24980 / IDE-2303
  The Call Graph window might show incomplete results due to a change in the source browser output format.

• Version 7.2.0 IDE-2295
  It is now possible to process all configurations defined in a project when running iarbuild. For example iarbuild proj.ewp -build * will build all configurations defined in project file proj.ewp

• Version 7.2.0 EW24948 / IDE-2283
  Sometimes it is impossible to check in files with a file path relative to $PROJ_DIR$ when using the SCC interface.
  See also: IDE-2254

• Version 7.2.0 EW23115 / IDE-1272
  Variables in The Live Watch window might be marked red even though their values remain unchanged through several updates of the window.

• Version 7.1.5 EW19444 / IDE-802
  If you define "class xxx" or "struct xxx" and variable "xxx" in the same scope, it is impossible to evaluate variable "xxx" in the Watch/Quick Watch/Locals windows.

• Version 7.1.5 EW25071 / IDE-2336
  The message box caused by an assertion is not modal. This means that it is possible to execute other commands, which could lead to a crash.

• Version 7.1.5 EW25052 / IDE-2319
  If stack usage tracking is enabled, failure to read stack memory might cause false stack overflow warnings.

• Version 7.1.5 EW25023 / IDE-2314
  Project connection files are no longer removed unintentionally from projects when you open a workspace.

• Version 7.1.5 EW25019 / IDE-2309
  The source browser is not always re-enabled after having been disabled. (The source browser can temporarily be disabled, for example during a build or when a debug session is started).

• Version 7.1.5 EW24972 / IDE-2291
  The Start Debugging and Stop Debugging commands cause resource leaks.
  See also: IDE-2292

• Version 7.1.4 EW25037 / IDE-2313
  Sometimes the automatic update of the Code Coverage window fails to mark executed statements as executed.

• Version 7.1.4 EW25007 / IDE-2306
  Expanding a pointer to function in the Watch/Quickwatch window might cause the debugger to crash.

• Version 7.1.4 EW25034 / IDE-2300
  If "--code_coverage_file" is specified as a debugger extra option, it is appended at the end of the autogenerated cspybat command line line. This is incorrect because it is a general option, it must be placed before the "--backend" option.

• Version 7.1.4 EW24974 / IDE-2292
  The SFR Setup window leaks resources.
  See also: IDE-2291

• Version 7.1.4 EW24954 / IDE-2284
  Data Log graph settings in the Timeline window are not preserved.

• Version 7.1.4 EW24795 / IDE-2254
  An unreliable connection to the SCC server could prevent the SCC client from checking in/out files.
  See also: IDE-2283

• Version 7.1.2 EW24827 / IDE-2274
  Long function names are truncated in the Call Stack window.

• Version 7.1.2 IDE-2267
  Pointers now may be displayed in Watch windows with the same syntax as for arrays, i.e. ptr;{,}

• Version 7.1.2 EW24906 / IDE-2265
  When processing a file with a large number of lines, the source browser might take a very long time, thus preventing the build tools from working.

• Version 7.1.1 EW24709 / IDE-2185
  Adding a C-RUN rule or changing the default C-RUN action caused the IDE to crash when the C-RUN windows were grouped together.

• Version 7.1.0 EW24421 / IDE-2012
  It is not possible to view a variable in the Watch window as a 64 bit signed or unsigned integer, as the Watch window is missing the Show As>64-bit Signed and 64-bit Unsigned commands.

• Version 7.0.7 EW24875 / IDE-2268
  The Workspace window leaks icon resources.

• Version 7.0.7 EW24878 / IDE-2238
  When code completion is used in an editor window, member/function/variable names are not correctly completed with the item selected from the completion list.

• Version 7.0.7 EW24868 / IDE-2237
  The Call Stack window leaks resources.
  See also: IDE-1078

• Version 7.0.6 EW24717 / IDE-2208
  You must click in an editor window before using shortcuts in it, if you just closed another editor window.

• Version 7.0.6 EW24759 / IDE-2206
  Using the $WS_DIR$ argument variable in the project file could cause iarbuild.exe to exit abnormally.

• Version 7.0.6 EW24719 / IDE-2197
  The SymList plugin should be loaded by default but is not.

• Version 7.0.6 EW21235 / IDE-2174
  Argument variables related to the build output (e.g., $TARGET_DIR$ and $TARGET_BNAME$) will now be expanded correctly when the output file itself is missing.

• Version 7.0.6 EW24641 / IDE-2145
  The progress information when examples were downloaded was incorrect in the Japanese language mode.

• Version 7.0.6 EW24660 / IDE-2144
  When accessing files in the project, Windows could display the error message: "The requested operation cannot be performed on a file with a user-mapped section open." The reason was that the source browser could lock the files.

• Version 7.0.6 EW24599 / IDE-2132
  Some objects of a class/struct/union type might be impossible to expand (there is no '+' sign in front of them).

• Version 7.0.6 IDE-2128
  Code completion can now be manually invoked (using the Edit menu or Ctrl+Space), even if the cursor is not placed after '->', '::' or '.'. Invoking code completion by typing a period ('.') still works, but using Ctrl+Space is the recommended method.

• Version 7.0.6 EW24586 / IDE-2112
  A mismatch when converting character sets using Active Code Page encoding mixed with UTF8 might make some paths unusable for the source browser.

• Version 7.0.5 EW24607 / IDE-2125
  The menu command View>Cores was disabled even though the project was configured for asymmetrical multicore debugging.

• Version 7.0.3 EW24593 / IDE-2117
  Sometimes SFR groups might not be shown in the Register window even though they are defined in the .ddf file.

• Version 7.0.3 EW24589 / IDE-2115
  In some rare cases data is shown as code in the Disassembly window.

• Version 7.0.3 EW24552 / IDE-2099
  In some cases, using a macro to save target memory to a file might cause the debugger to crash.

• Version 7.0.3 EW24339 / IDE-2032
  The Sampled Graphs window displays the time in tooltips in seconds (s) instead of milliseconds (ms).

• Version 7.0.3 EW24399 / IDE-1997
  Very rarely, adding a variable to the Watch window might cause the debugger to exit abnormally.

• Version 7.0.0 IDE-1867
  Non-ASCII characters in the workspace/project path no longer cause a fatal error when starting the debugger.

• Version 6.6.10 EW23494 / IDE-1362
  Deleting the folded line in the Editor window could produce a gap in line numbering.

• Version 6.6.9 EW24451 / IDE-2062
  When the HTML-format linker map file is opened, it is not automatically updated even though the option 'Scan for changed files' is enabled. Map files in text format are automatically updated.

• Version 6.6.9 EW24468 / IDE-2052
  Auto indent now only plays a sound to indicate that the file is read-only.

• Version 6.6.9 EW24472 / IDE-2038
  The Configure Viewers dialog does no longer crash when command lines longer than 1024 characters are entered.

• Version 6.6.9 EW24474 / IDE-2025
  If a file is opened in the text editor using a Windows hard link, and then saved, the hard link will be replaces by a regular file path.

• Version 6.6.8 IDE-2017
  Default key bindings are no longer active when new ones are defined.

• Version 6.6.8 EW24417 / IDE-2013
  It is now possible to redefine a default key binding. However, it is not possible to permanently remove a default key binding; it will be restored in the next session.

• Version 6.6.8 EW24302 / IDE-1939
  The number of editor code template entries has been increased to 2000.

• Version 6.6.7 EW24375 / IDE-1984
  Removing of a breakpoint while the debugger is executing might make the debugger unstable.

• Version 6.6.6 EW24266 / IDE-1967
  Defining the main function in a non-standard way that is not int main(int argc, char *argv[]) or int main(void) might limit source browse information.

• Version 6.6.6 EW24313 / IDE-1948
  If an externally built ELF/DWARF object file contained a struct declared in a function scope prototype, the debugger could exit unexpectedly while downloading the file.

• Version 6.6.6 EW24306 / IDE-1941
  Selecting the option 'Options>C/C++ Compiler>Preprocessor>Ignore standard include directories' caused the source browser to stop working.

• Version 6.6.6 EW24304 / IDE-1940
  Increased the maximum number of functions in the Go To Function dropdown menu from 200 to 2000.

• Version 6.6.6 EW24292 / IDE-1933
  When displaying the interrupt log in the Timeline window, the interrupt duration was always displayed in time units, even if Time Axis Unit was set to Cycles.

• Version 6.6.6 EW24274 / IDE-1929
  If you created a source file using the "File>New File" command, code completion did not work until you closed and reopened the file in the editor.

• Version 6.6.6 EW23383 / IDE-1170
  Lines over a certain length could not be viewed in their entirety in the Batch Build dialog box.

• Version 6.6.5 EW24242 / IDE-1918
  When replacing text by clicking "Replace All" in the "Replace in Files" dialog box, truncation did not work correctly. That meant that if the replacement string was shorter than the text to replace, the resulting file would contain extra, unwanted characters at the end.

• Version 6.6.4 EW20933 / IDE-374
  If a project that was created using IAR Embedded Workbench installed together with visualSTATE is opened in IAR Embedded Workbench installed without visualSTATE, a warning referring to an "unknown tool 'Coder'" is no longer displayed.

• Version 6.6.4 EW24201 / IDE-1907
  Autocompletion, the "Go to function" button, and tooltip information did not work in IAR Embedded Workbench products based on the common components version 6.6.2 and 6.6.3.

• Version 6.6.4 EW24190 / IDE-1904
  An .svd file that contains extremly long lines might cause the IAR Embedded Workbench IDE to stop responding.

• Version 6.6.4 EW24027 / IDE-1858
  Using the argument variables $TARGET_BNAME$ and/or $TARGET_BPATH$ when specifying the linker output file could lead to unexpected termination.

• Version 6.6.3 EW24183 / IDE-1882
  When the debugger stops at a breakpoint, the "Go to function" button and the insertion point position on the status bar are not visible until you click in the editor window.

• Version 6.6.2 EW24170 / IDE-1893
  In some cases IarBuild failed to expand argument variables based on environment variables ($_ENVVAR_$).
  See also: IDE-3651

• Version 6.6.2 EW24164 / IDE-1889
  ARM only: The SVD reader can now handle elements that do not contain any dimElementGroup.

• Version 6.6.2 EW24124 / IDE-1880
  End of file (EOF) condition of stdin in the Terminal I/O is now handled correctly, making _read(), fread() and similar functions to return the proper status.

• Version 6.6.2 EW24116 / IDE-1875
  Include paths that did not match the capitalization of the actual files and directories were ignored by the Source Browser.

• Version 6.6.1 EW24079 / IDE-1874
  Find/Replace in files sometimes failed to find matches in files that contain utf-8 encoded text.

• Version 6.6.1 EW24053 / IDE-1865
  If you started and stopped the debugger several times during one IAR Embedded Workbench session, a serious memory leak could lead to abnormal termination.

• Version 6.6.0 EW24010 / IDE-1824
  Trailing blanks were sometimes not trimmed from the name of the linker output file, which could cause problems when the extension ".out" was considered to be different than ".out ".

• Version 6.6.0 EW23984 / IDE-1792
  Using of the argument variables $DATE$ and $USER_NAME$ in, for example, a file path could lead to a "Standard multi tool failed to establish output file name" error.

• Version 6.6.0 EW23948 / IDE-1755
  Auto-indent always inserted spaces even when the option "Insert tab" was selected.

• Version 6.6.0 IDE-1436
  Added support for restricting a search to the selected text. Supported in Find, Replace and Incremental search dialogs.

• Version 6.6.0 EW23317 / IDE-1323
  The editor now uses different colors and fonts for the preprocessor information.

• Version 6.6.0 EW23263 / IDE-1322
  Expanding a huge array in a debugger watch window could cause an out-of-memory crash. Now array expansion is halted after 5000 elements, but can be continued manually.

• Version 6.5.12 EW24172 / IDE-1897
  The source browser did not recognize a mixed case file extension (e.g. *.Cpp) as a valid extension for a C++ source file.

• Version 6.5.12 EW23420 / IDE-1644
  Because linker input files were sorted case-sensitive, the output files could differ from linking to linking, even though the linker input files were identical, binary-wise. However, the output files were correct in all cases.

• Version 6.5.12 EW23825 / IDE-1613
  Reloading an externally modified project file (.ewp) could crash the debugger.

• Version 6.5.11 EW23991 / IDE-1785
  The source browser did not recognize target-specific extended keywords for M16C, RL78, V850 and RX. If there were more than 100 keywords in a source file, the source browsing information was not generated (too many errors).

• Version 6.5.9 EW23934 / IDE-1743
  Sometimes, when performing the internal integrity check, the flash loader caused a false alarm. This resulted in a long list of incorrect warnings in the flash0.trace file.

• Version 6.5.9 EW23917 / IDE-1709
  Executing a Reset command while debugging could lead to a crash if the Stack window was open.

• Version 6.5.9 EW23818 / IDE-1610
  The CPU load caused by monitoring the time stamps of the project files (and their dependencies) has been reduced.

• Version 6.5.8 EW23810 / IDE-1609
  "Go to definition" failed to find functions defined in .cpp files if they were defined with extern 'C' linkage.

• Version 6.5.7 EW23836 / IDE-1637
  Clicking the expand icon or scrolling in the Source Browser window before the information has been completely collected could lead to crash.

• Version 6.5.7 EW23853 / IDE-1580
  When stopping at a breakpoint in the Disassembly window, the current position arrow is not visible, only the red breakpoint icon.

• Version 6.5.6 EW23829 / IDE-1605
  In some situations, IAR Embedded Workbench might incorrectly stop reporting build errors if you retry Project>Make several times in a row without making any changes to source files. This is, of course incorrect. The errors are still there even if they are not reported, and the build will not be successful despite being reported as such.
  See also: IDE-1471

• Version 6.5.5 IDE-1595
  Running IarBuild.exe in a Jenkins environment can fail with a "Build aborted" message. Building the same project with IarBuild.exe without Jenkins works fine.

• Version 6.5.4 EW23757 / IDE-1569
  If a function was defined using the "static" keyword but declared without it, or vice versa, a "Go to definition" command for this function failed.

• Version 6.5.4 EW23741 / IDE-1497
  Auto-indentation could in sometimes fail to indent a line directly after a preprocessor directive.

• Version 6.5.4 EW23648 / IDE-1474
  If a search for a regular expression in the Find in Files window produced a result containing line breaks, only the first line was displayed.

• Version 6.5.3 EW23743 / IDE-1498
  Undoing an auto indentation command applied to a source block required an undo for every line in the block. Now a single undo command reverts the entire block.

• Version 6.5.3 EW23714 / IDE-1476
  Setting a breakpoint in a uC/OS-III project could make C-SPY unresponsive. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.5.3 EW23669 / IDE-1475
  The "Go to Definition" and "Go to Declaration" commands did not find names located in comments or inactive source code.

• Version 6.5.3 EW23726 / IDE-1473
  In some cases incorrect project settings caused the debugger to issue an error upon starting, only to exit unexpectedly after the error was corrected. This no longer happens.

• Version 6.5.3 EW23711 / IDE-1472
  Projects with many include files and/or many #define's could make the source browser slow. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.5.3 EW23688 / IDE-1471
  The source browser no longer issues repeated warnings if undefined environment variables are part of any include path.
  See also: IDE-1605

• Version 6.5.3 EW23704 / IDE-1466
  If a "Project>Project Connection" command added an include path to the "Additional include directories" field on the "Project>Options>C/C++ Compiler>Preprocessor" options page, and that path contained any environment variables like "$PROJ_DIR$", they were expanded and the path was saved that way. Now paths are saved unconverted.

• Version 6.5.3 EW23463 / IDE-1450
  It was impossible to place the insertion point to edit names of variables in undocked windows.

• Version 6.5.3 EW23234 / IDE-1297
  The editor's "Open include file" command did not work correctly for include files excluded from the build.

• Version 6.5.2 EW23525 / IDE-1455
  Because of a problem with processing paths containing "..\\.." patterns, some include files could be displayed twice in the Workspace window.

• Version 6.5.2 EW23619 / IDE-1443
  Some problems that could cause the IDE to freeze terminating a debug session have been corrected.

• Version 6.5.2 EW23620 / IDE-1441
  Executing a Debug>Memory>Restore... command to non-writable memory gave an incorrect error message. This message is correct now.

• Version 6.5.2 EW23612 / IDE-1420
  The source browser generated incomplete information when the --preinclude directive was used. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.5.2 EW23610 / IDE-1419
  In previous versions of IAR Embedded Workbench, source browser and build status updates stopped when the IDE was not the foreground process. This behavior is now controlled by an option in the Tools>Project dialog box.

• Version 6.5.2 EW23596 / IDE-1414
  Sometimes, setting a breakpoint in highly optimized code could cause IAR Embedded Workbench to exit unexpectedly. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.5.2 EW23434 / IDE-1349
  Expressions in the Live Watch window which did not evaluate to a C/C++ lvalue did not update during execution. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.5.2 EW23432 / IDE-1344
  Because of a missing notification, the Source Browser window could display "Collecting information..." for ever. Now it is updated as soon as the source browse information is ready.

• Version 6.4.8 EW23564 / IDE-1394
  The text editor failed to automatically detect the character encoding that was used, because of missing DLLs. This has now been corrected.

• Version 6.4.7 EW23514 / IDE-1380
  Creating or editing configurations in the Memory Configuration dialog box when running a session in Japanese could cause IAR Embedded Workbench to exit unexpectedly.

• Version 6.4.7 EW23500 / IDE-1366
  The commands Next/Previous Bookmark now wrap at the beginning and the end of the document.

• Version 6.4.6 EW23441 / IDE-1361
  When the downloaded application does not contain any C variables (with static storage duration), the I-jet driver will no longer issue a warning about finding no variables in memory designated as RAM.

• Version 6.4.6 EW23474 / IDE-1359
  In some cases stopping execution in the heavily optimized code could cause the debugger to exit abnormally. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.4.6 EW23471 / IDE-1358
  Executing the context menu command "Force" on a vacant area in the "Forced Interrupt" window caused the debugger to exit unexpectedly. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.4.6 EW23330 / IDE-1356
  C-SPY could misinterpret certain flags in an ELF file and consider some read-only segments writable. This could interfere with memory integrity checks when launching a debug session. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.4.6 EW23451 / IDE-1354
  It is no longer possible in the Memory Configuration Window to enter an end address that is lower than the start address.

• Version 6.4.6 EW23454 / IDE-1353
  The "Project>Import File List..." dialog box in the Japanese version of IAR Embedded Workbench did not show *.ewp files by default. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.4.6 EW23428 / IDE-1345
  Strings and C/C++-style comments were not colored in assembler files. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.4.5 EW23409 / IDE-1333
  The text editor will now correctly reload files that were opened as read-only.

• Version 6.4.5 EW23403 / IDE-1332
  The "Memory Restore" command did not work in some cases for the Motorola format. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.4.5 EW23334 / IDE-1331
  The horizontal scroll bar in the editor window did not show all of a very long line. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.4.5 EW23336 / IDE-1330
  Sometimes the localized (Japanese) strings were garbled in the Watch window. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.4.5 EW23341 / IDE-1329
  The Memory window lost focus when editing memory content after entering one unit. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.4.5 EW23378 / IDE-1328
  Defining a typedef and a struct using the same identifier caused the source browser to stop working. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.4.5 EW23085 / IDE-1267
  Specifying the "General Options->Output->Executables/libraries" path with a trailing space caused IAR Embedded Workbench to quit unexpectedly. This no longer occurs.

• Version 6.4.4 EW23343 / IDE-1325
  A project in an initial stage (with missing source files) may crash the SourceBrowser when doing a Rebuild. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.4.2 EW23283 / IDE-1320
  The IDE could crash when double clicking a leaf in the code coverage window, due to a missing path in the editor view. This is now fixed.

• Version 6.4.2 EW23285 / IDE-1319
  The editor could become sluggish when operating on files located on a slow network drive. Speed has been improved by changing the behavior of file monitoring (i.e. detecting file changes made externally).

• Version 6.4.2 EW23324 / IDE-1318
  Input via a non-Latin keyboard (e.g. Cyrillic) was not working. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.4.2 EW23287 / IDE-1316
  The IDE no longer becomes unresponsive when .ddf file containing empty sections is opened.

• Version 6.4.2 EW23278 / IDE-1305
  Caret color is now set to white if the background is dark, and black otherwise.

• Version 6.4.2 EW23265 / IDE-1303
  The editor no longer tries to identify special comments like '//!' or '///' (e.g. Doxygen or javadoc comments). Now everything after '//' is handled as a normal C++ comment.

• Version 6.4.2 EW23253 / IDE-1296
  Reloaded editor files were incorrectly scrolled to the beginning. They are now opened at the expected location.

• Version 6.4.0 EW22351 / IDE-1279
  The source browser could cause the IDE to become unresponsive if the license for the compiler could not be verified. This no longer occurs.

• Version 6.4.0 EW23111 / IDE-1270
  A failed post-build step was not included in error count displayed in the status bar. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.4.0 EW23041 / IDE-1259
  Setting/clearing breakpoints on the lowest line in the Disassembly window by clicking on the leftmost column now works correctly in all cases.

• Version 6.4.0 EW22820 / IDE-1221
  The Timeline window was not updated correctly when data log breakpoints were enabled/disabled during a debug session. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.22 EW23261 / IDE-1317
  It is now possible to restore an srec/hex file via the debugger using the "Debugger>Memory>Restore>Memory Restore" command.

• Version 6.3.19 EW23623 / IDE-1458
  In some cases the debugger could exit unexpectedly when stopping at a breakpoint with a Condition and/or Action to be executed.

• Version 6.3.18 EW23123 / IDE-1273
  C-SPY could exit unexpectedly when stepping through heavily optimized code containing cross calls. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.17 EW23081 / IDE-1265
  Choosing Debug>Memory>Save/Restore while the target was running could produce incorrect data. These operations are now disabled when the target is running.

• Version 6.3.17 EW23031 / IDE-1255
  It was impossible to set the offset on the Project>Options>Debugger>Images page to a value greater than 0x7FFFFFFF. This is possible now.

• Version 6.3.17 EW22969 / IDE-1251
  Previously IAR Embedded Workbench did not remember a connection to some source control systems (for example ClearCase) between sessions. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.16 EW23009 / IDE-1252
  The Interrupt Log Summary window could show uninitialized content directly after a debugging session started. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.15 EW22923 / IDE-1236
  In some cases executing multiple Page Up commands in the Disassembly window could cause the code to be disassembled incorrectly. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.15 EW22868 / IDE-1235
  Trying to load a file that contains modules produced with gcc could cause the IDE to crash. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.15 EW22901 / IDE-1231
  The contents of the Statics window were not filtered when it was opened after the start of a debugging session. The correct contents were not displayed until after a window update (for example after executing a step command). This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.14 EW22920 / IDE-1232
  The Source Browser failed to browse include files specified with an absolute path. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.14 EW22893 / IDE-1230
  The IAR Embedded Workbench integration with Subversion could misinterpret some Subversion version 1.7.x messages, which resulted in the internal error: "SVN: Internal Error: SVN_Status - did not find file". This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.14 EW22861 / IDE-1222
  {anchor} When forcing an interrupt in the simulator the pending flag was not set. It is now fixed.

• Version 6.3.12 EW22710 / IDE-1217
  If a path for the build log file contained an argument variable (like "$PROJ_DIR$) and the "Overwrite old file" option was selected, the log was still appended to the existing file. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.12 EW22795 / IDE-1215
  Release Note: Function-like macros with zero parameters caused the Source Browser to lose the definition following the macro. For example, after this definition: #define MACRO() macro_body x in the following lines would not be recognized the Source Browser: MACRO() int x; This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.12 IDE-1214
  {anchor} A problem in the debug server (CSpyServer.exe) has been fixed which would, under certain conditions, cause the debug server to be left hanging.

• Version 6.3.12 EW22784 / IDE-1210
  The debugger might close unexpectedly during long trace acquisition (several hours) in the time line window. This no longer happens.

• Version 6.3.10 EW22766 / IDE-1203
  In some cases, single stepping or running to breakpoints when the Call Stack window is open could make the IDE unresponsive. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.10 EW22764 / IDE-1202
  If you used two or more monitors, ending a debug session with the main IDE window open on one monitor but the Disassembly window on another monitor, IAR Embedded Workbench could terminate unexpectedly when you restarted the debug session. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.10 EW22528 / IDE-1188
  A minor memory leak when using the source browser has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.10 EW22667 / IDE-1187
  In watch windows, pointers to ARM Thumb functions now correctly show the function name.

• Version 6.3.10 EW22609 / IDE-1174
  Files in editor panes were not always restored to the correct panes. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.6 EW22665 / IDE-1185
  Using the __setSimBreak C-SPY macro to set a "write" breakpoint ("W") resulted in a breakpoint set as "read" ("R") instead. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.2 EW22463 / IDE-1147
  The command 'Undo Checkout' in the Version Control System submenu for SCC did not work. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.1 EW22409 / IDE-1136
  If the Watch window was not already open, executing "Add to Watch" on a selection in the editor window just opened the Watch window without adding an entry to it. Now it does.

• Version 6.3.1 EW22401 / IDE-1133
  A build problem where argument variables, in some circumstances, were not expanded relative to the configuration actually being built has been corrected

• Version 6.3.0 EW23385 / IDE-1326
  If two or more IAR Embedded Workbench toolchains (for different microcontroller architectures) were installed in the same directory, and some of the toolchains were only available in English, launching IAR Embedded Workbench in a non-English language meant that the Information Center was not available for English-only toolchains. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.3.0 EW22342 / IDE-1123
  If two or more IAR Embedded Workbench toolchains (for different microcontroller architectures) were installed in the same directory, and some of the toolchains were only available in English, launching IAR Embedded Workbench in a non-English language meant that the Information Center was not available for English-only toolchains. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.1.6 EW22203 / IDE-1093
  Errors and warnings detected when building were reported as twice as many they really were. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.1.5 EW21536 / IDE-829
  The "Go to definition" command applied to a symbol which definition was located in a conditionally included header file could fail. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.1.3 EW22125 / IDE-1072
  In some cases, when using trace based data features, executing an application in the debugger over a long time could result in a "Runtime Error!" message and abrupt IAR Embedded Workbench termination. This no longer occurs.

• Version 6.1.0 EW21840 / IDE-1043
  Using a path containing ".." to defined output directories could make it impossible to start the debugger. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.1.0 EW21869 / IDE-1042
  Namespaces could not be used when the IAR C-SPY Debugger resolved names. This has been corrected.

• Version 6.1.0 EW22005 / IDE-1041
  The "Project>Options>Linker>Output>Output file:" text box accepted a file path instead of just a file name which could lead to project building problems. This has been corrected and the option has been renamed.

• Version 6.0.0 EW21413 / IDE-682
  Opening a context menu in the Editor window will no longer produce strange error entries in the Debug Log window.
  See also: IDE-678

• Version 5.8.2 EW22178 / IDE-1088
  Recursive definitions of a preprocessor macro no longer causes IAR Embedded Workbench to terminate abnormally.

• Version 5.8.2 EW22127 / IDE-1086
  Large and complex projects no longer cause the IAR Embedded Workbench source browser to freeze.

• Version 5.8.2 EW22076 / IDE-1061
  The IDE command Stop Build now works properly when it is applied to pre- or post build actions when they are started in a new command shell.

• Version 5.8.1 EW22156 / IDE-1078
  IAR Embedded Workbench could leak GDI (Graphics Device Interface) objects in some cases. This no longer occurs.
  See also: IDE-2237

• Version 5.8.1 EW21751 / IDE-1008
  Corrupt .wsdt and .dbgdt files in a project's settings directory could cause IAR Embedded Workbench to quit unexpectedly. Now, if this situation occurs, the IAR Embedded Workbench IDE reverts to default layouts.

• Version 5.8.1 EW21924 / IDE-1006
  A serious memory leak could lead to IAR Embedded Workench abnormal termination. This has been corrected.

• Version 5.6.7 EW23875 / IDE-1667
  Printing more than 16,000 characters to the Terminal I/O window produces incorrect output.

• Version 5.6.3 EW21603 / IDE-833
  Incorrect address of members of anonymous structs and unions was shown in the Live Watch window. This has been corrected.

• Version 5.6.3 EW21565 / IDE-828
  Large and complex projects could cause the IAR Embedded Workbench source browser to freeze. This has been corrected.

• Version 5.6.2 EW21532 / IDE-814
  If you exited the debugger while the application was running and the option "Leave Target Running" is selected, an incorrect stack treshold exceeding warning was issued. This no longer happens.

• Version 5.6.2 EW21491 / IDE-750
  Adding a file to a project will now use the current case of the file name, even if it was previously included in the project with another case.

• Version 5.6.0 EW21413 / IDE-678
  Opening a context menu in the Editor window will no longer produce strange error entries in the Debug Log window.
  See also: IDE-682

• Version 5.6.0 EW20856 / IDE-349
  There was a problem when switching from multi-file compilation mode to single-file compilation, causing the error "Build error: Multiple tools write to the same file" to be issued. This problem has been corrected.

• Version 5.5.5 EW21391 / IDE-633
  Dragging an expression containing a dereferenced function pointer onto the Memory window no longer causes the debugger to crash.

• Version 5.5.4 EW21255 / IDE-562
  The source file paths retrieved from the externally built ELF/DWARF object file are now correctly interpreted by the debugger.

• Version 5.5.3 EW21301 / IDE-564
  Sometimes, while stepping in a complex C++ program, the displayed source code location did not reflect the current program counter. This has been corrected.

• Version 5.5.0 EW20980 / IDE-422
  A rare problem with downloading files in the Motorola S37 format into the wrong memory location has been corrected.

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