Windows 7 compatibility?

[KindaNerdy]

Hey all new to the forum.
I recently tried to install the IDE on a windows 7 machine. Is this possible?
I took a project that I have been working on, from my windows XP that has no issues compiling and tried to recompile on the Win 7. I am using the 1280n device. I get a error that says there is a problem with the back end processing kind of message. Can't remember what the actual message is off hand. But I can update with the real message if that will help.
I tried to search around but found nothing relating to the Zbasic IDE and Windows 7 issues.

If any one has any info that would be great thanks, as I cannot downgrade(upgrade) to windows XP since most of the driver for the laptop do not exist for XP.

thanks in advance.

[dkinzer]

I tried to search around but found nothing relating to the Zbasic IDE and Windows 7 issues.

We have run the compiler and IDE on 32-bit Windows 7 with no apparent problems. I suspect, however, that it does not run on 64-bit Win7.

[FFMan]

Works fine in Win 7 32 bit.

If you have the right verison of windows 7, then perhaps you can use the XP virtual machine that comes with it instead.

[stevech]

with the dearth of I/O drivers for Windows 7 64 bit, why the heck do new computers at retail mostly come with 64 bit?

(By the way: It was said that today Apple's stock's market-CAP exceeded that of Microsoft. Hmmm. And I thought Apple was a goner a few years back. Maybe so, as a computer company).

[KindaNerdy]

So a follow up is yeah it is on a 64bit machine. So from the responses, it doesn't look good that this will be working?

thanks for the replys.

[dkinzer]

So from the responses, it doesn't look good that this will be working?

More research is required. Are you able to compile for a VM mode device, e.g. ZX-24a? I suspect that you can and the problem is somewhere in the back-end build process (avr-gcc). If you can give post the actual output from the compiler we may be able to deduce the problem and a solution.

To see the output from the back-end build process, choose one of these methods:

• Add the option --verbose near the top of your project file. When you build, the output from the back-end process will appear in the Output window of the IDE. You can select it with the mouse, copy to the clipboard and then paste the text in the Forum post edit box.
• Add the option --build-log=myBuild.log near the top of your project file. When you build, the output from the back-end process will be saved in the specified file (in this case myBuild.log in the same directory as your .pjt file). You can then open that file and copy/paste or attach the file to a Forum post.

[KindaNerdy]

When I compile in the VM mode it appears to work but,
when I do a compile for a native mode device I get.

Error: one of more errors occurred in the back-end build process for "Test.zxb"
Exit code: 1

so I did the Log file method,
and the log file contained.

make: Interrupt / Exception caught (code = 0xc00000fd, addr = 0x4217b3)

so maybe this will help?

[dkinzer]

make: Interrupt / Exception caught (code = 0xc00000fd, addr = 0x4217b3)

It appears that others using WinAVR (the back-end compiler for ZBasic) have gotten this same message when the path to the executables contains parentheses. See the AVR Freaks Post for related information. If this is the case, you may be able to avoid the issue by uninstalling/re-installing ZBasic in a directory that does not contain parentheses in its full pathname.

[KindaNerdy]

cool thanks for the help. Sure enough I just did the default install before and it installed in "c:\program files (x86)\ZBasic"

so I uninstalled and then picked the path "c:\program files\ZBasic" and it now compiles.

Have not tried to download yet but should work now.

thanks,