Re: Working folders for a project

["Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>]

On 9/26/2022 9:50 PM, Rick Duley wrote:
> It is my practice to load my software in the folder 'C:\' on my PC but to do my work in a separate disc partition 'D:\'.
> 
> I have created a new Project deploying it in D:\Ada Programming.  I specified the Project Name and Main Name as My_SDC.  My_SDC reads
> 
> project My_Sdc is
>      for Source_Dirs use ("Source Files");
>      for Object_Dir use "Object Files";
>      for Main use ("my_sdc.adb");
> end My_Sdc;
> 
> Project --> Build All is successful and placed the relevant files where I expect them to be.
> 
> Project --> Build and Run --> My_SDC.adb results in this error message:
> 
> [2022-09-27 10:45:00] Error while trying to execute D:\Ada Programming\obj\my_sdc.exe: not an executable
> 
> Something is looking for a folder called D:\Ada Programming\obj which does not exist.  How do I get it to look in the right place?
> 

I can't help you with the error but just one free advice

Never, ever use a space in files names or folder names.

Use "_" instead of space as a separator.

So "Ada Programming" folder name should be renamed to "Ada_Programming"

--Nasser