please specify the name of the executable file to be used in this debug session

[dben...@gmail.com]

Hi all

I am Visual Studio 2008 newbie and I have tried to build ODE using it.
However, after it builds the whole solution, it simply shows dialog
box and it says "please specify the name of the executable file to be
used in this debug session". Needless to say, it neither creates any
exe files from examples, nor ode dll (although it does create a lot of
strange files). What am I doing wrong?

Regards, dbenasic

[dben...@gmail.com]

Its actually Visual Studio 2005, sorry typo

[Jean-Sebastien Guay]

Hello dbenasic (?),

> > I am Visual Studio 2008 newbie and I have tried to build ODE using it.
> > However, after it builds the whole solution, it simply shows dialog
> > box and it says "please specify the name of the executable file to be
> > used in this debug session". Needless to say, it neither creates any
> > exe files from examples, nor ode dll (although it does create a lot of
> > strange files). What am I doing wrong?

If you build the demos, it should build executables for them.

But the error message you're getting is simply because you probably pressed F5
(or Ctrl-F5) and hadn't selected a runnable project as your "Startup Project"
from the list of projects in the solution file. Simply right-click on one of
the demos (demo_moving_trimesh for example) and select "Set as Startup project"
from the pop-up menu, then press F5 and it should run.

The Startup Project is the one in bold. If it's a library (like the ode project)
then you'll get the message you got. When you first open the project files it
gets set to whatever it wants to, so it's very possible it was set to a lib and
you have to set it to an actual runnable (executable) project.

Alternatively, if you just wanted to build ODE, press F7 (or Ctrl-Shift-B, for
Build Solution) instead of F5 which is Run (Debug).

Hope this helps,

J-S
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[dben...@gmail.com]

now it works. Thank you folks.

On Feb 14, 6:33 am, Jean-Sebastien Guay <jean-

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