S08 Linker > Messages

Use this panel to specify whether to generate symbolic information for debugging.

The following table lists and describes the message options.

Table 1. Tool Settings - Messages Options
Option Description
Don't print INFORMATION messages (-W1) Inhibits information message reporting. Only warning and error messages are generated.
Don't print INFORMATION or WARNING messages (-W2) Suppresses all messages of type INFORMATION and WARNING. Only ERROR messages are generated.
Create err.log Error file Using this option, the Linker uses a return code to report errors back to the tools. When errors occur, 16-bit window environments use err.log files, containing a list of error numbers, to report the errors. If no errors occur, the 16-bit window environments delete the err.log file.
Cut file names to Microsoft format to 8.3 (-Wmsg8x3) Some editors (early versions of WinEdit) expect the filename in Microsoft message format (8.3 format). That means the filename can have up to eight characters and no more than a three-character extension. Longer filenames are possible when you use Win95 or WinNT. This option truncates the filename to the 8.3 format.
Set message file format for batch mode Use this option to start the Linker with additional arguments (for example, files and Linker). If you start the Linker arguments (for example, from the Make Tool or with the `%f' argument from the CodeWright IDE), the Linker the files in a batch mode. No Linker is visible and the Linker after job completion.
Message Format for batch mode (e.g. %"%f%e%"(%l): %K %d: %m)(-WmsgFob) This option modifies the default message format in batch mode. The -WmsgFob command sets the message format for batch mode. The supported formats are (assuming that the source file is X:\Freescale\mysourcefile.cpph):
  • %s: Source Extract
  • %p: Path (example, X:\Freescale\)
  • %f: Path and name (example, X:\Freescale\mysourcefile)
  • %n: filename (example, mysourcefile)
  • %e: Extension (example, .cpph)
  • %N: File (8 chars) (example, mysource )
  • %E: Extension (3 chars) (example, .cpp)
  • %l: Line (example, 3)
  • %c: Column (example, 47)
  • %o: Pos (example, 1234)
  • %K: Uppercase kind (example, ERROR)
  • %k: Lowercase kind (example, error)
  • %d: Number (example, C1815)
  • %m: Message (example, text)
  • %%: Percent (example, %)
  • \n: New line
  • %": A " if the filename, the path, or the extension contains a space
  • %': A ' if the filename, the path, or the extension contains a space
Message Format for no file information (e.g. %K %d: %m)(-WmsgFonf) If there is no file information available for a message, then <string> defines the message format string to use.
Message Format for no positioning information (%"%f%e%":%K %d: %m)(-WmsgFonp) If there is no position information available for a message, then <string> defines the message format string to use.
Create Error Listing File This option controls whether the Linker creates an error listing file. The error listing file contains a list of all messages and errors that occur during processing.
Maximum number of error messages (-WmsgNe) Specify the number of errors allowed until the application stops processing.
Maximum number of information messages (-WmsgNi) Specify the maximum number of information messages allowed.
Maximum number of warning messages (-WmsgNw) Specify the maximum number of warnings allowed.
Set messages to Disable Check to disable user messages and allow only the normal message categories (WARNING, INFORMATION, ERROR, or FATAL); reduces the number of messages, and simplifies the error parsing of other tools.
Set messages to Error Check to enable messages of the ERROR category.
Set messages to Information Check to enable messages of the INFORMATION category.
Set messages to Warning Check to enable messages of the WARNING category.