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ANALOG DEVICES Windows Vista Compatibility in VisualDSP 5.0 Development Tools (Rev 1 08/2007) Manual

1. Engineer to Engineer Note EE 330 ANALOG Technical notes on using Analog Devices DSPs processors and development tools Visit our Web resources http www analog com ee notes and http www analog com processors or DEVICES e mail processor support analog com or processor tools support analog com for technical support Windows Vista Compatibility in VisualDSP 5 0 Development Tools Contributed by Glen Anderson Introduction The VisualDSP 5 0 development tools release has been tested against and is supported under the following 32 bit versions of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system E Windows Vista Business Edition E Windows Vista Enterprise Edition E Windows Vista Ultimate Edition While every effort has been made to maintain a consistent user experience under all supported Microsoft Windows versions certain changes to the security model in Windows Vista operating system may impact select operations in the VisualDSP tools This EE Note describes these changes and suggests workarounds where applicable File Virtualization and User Account Control With the release of the Windows Vista operating system Microsoft introduced a new security feature known as User Account Control UAC When enabled UAC provides a more secure operating environment for the user by prohibiting the modification of critical system directories and files One of these directories is the Program Files director
2. Hardware Required J 20 Convolution ASM J Compiler Features Ji Exception Handler ASM J FIR Filter C J vok J ersz Ji BF533 J BoundedBuffer_Mutex Ji BoundedBuffer_Semaphore DiningPhilosopher Figure 1 Compatibility Files link in toolbar while viewing the directory in which the application files would normally have been created EEn K a L VDK gt BF533 DiningPhilosopher gt Debug 7 Eum Name Date modified Type L Dining Philosophers dxe 7 16 2007 5 03PM _DXEFile 2 Dining Philosophers mapxml 7 16 2007 5 03PM XML Document P DiningPhilosopher log 7 16 2007 5 03PM Notepad Docu B Music ExceptionHandler BF533 doj 7 16 2007503PM _DO File More 2 linker_logxml 7 16 2007 5 03 PM XML Document pire PhilosopherThread doj 7 16 2007 5 03PM DOJ File a LIVDK doj 7 16 2007 5 03 PM DOJ File vox 7 16 2007 5 03PM TIFile BE Documents I Pictures d Virtualstore I Program Files Ji Analog Devices Ji VisualDsP 5 0 Ji Blackfin I Examples J No Hardware Required J vok J BFs33 _ DiningPhilosopher I Debug Figure 2 Clicking the Compatibility Files link opens the corresponding folder in your VirtualStore where the example results can be found Windows Vista Compatibility in VisualDSP 5 0 Development Tools EE 330 ANALOG DEVICES Installing a License with UAC Enabled Licenses in the VisualDSP tools are stored in a file called license dat located within the Syste
3. ation P Applications di Development a Maintenance p Microsoft Office Documents Pictures Open W Runas administrator Open file location Pin to Start Menu Add to Quick Launch Restore previous versions di Startup Figure 3 Installing a license that can be used by all machine users Viewing the Console Window Log File with UAC Enabled By default the VisualDSP IDDE logs all text written to the Output window to the following file C Program Files Analog Devices VisualD SP 5 0 Data VisualDSP_Log txt When UAC is enabled this file can be found in the user s VirtualStore directory C Users lt user_name gt AppData Local Virt ualStore Program Files Analog Devices V isualDSP 5 0 Data VisualDSP_Log txt Modifying Processor XML Files for Use with Custom Hardware In versions of the VisualDSP tools prior to 5 0 it was sometimes necessary to modify the register definitions and reset values found in the Windows Vista Compatibility in VisualDSP 5 0 Development Tools EE 330 ANALOG DEVICES processor XML files located in the following directory C Program Files Analog Devices VisualD SP 5 0 System ArchDef With UAC enabled changes to these files will be disallowed given that they are stored in the protected Program Files directory With the VisualDSP 5 0 release a new feature known as custom board support allows you to override these values in a separate XML file stored in
4. ation of customers products or for any infringements of patents or rights of others which may result from Analog Devices assistance All trademarks and logos are property of their respective holders Information furnished by Analog Devices applications and development tools engineers is believed to be accurate and reliable however no responsibility is assumed by Analog Devices regarding technical accuracy and topicality of the content provided in Analog Devices Engineer to Engineer Notes When UAC is enabled any files created as a result of building one of these examples will be transparently redirected to your VirtualStore directory To access these files do one of two things Manually browse to the appropriate Examples folder under your virtualStore directory as listed above Browse to the real directory under C Program Files and click on the toolbar link titled Compatibility Files to go directly to the corresponding virtualStore directory g Bum Show bility files for this DiningPhilosophet direct DiningPhilosopher vdk 72172007 6335 PM VDK File El ExceptionHandler BF533 asm 6 27 2007 6 35PM Assembler Source E PhilosopherThread c 6 27 20076 35PM_ C Source i PhilosopherThread h 6 27 2007 6 35PM C C Header Folders jreadme te 6 27 2007 6 35 PM Text Document VoK cpp 6 27 2007 6 35PM C Source h VOK h 6 27 2007 6 35PM C C Header VDK BF533 1df 6 27 2007 6 35 PM SQL Server Databa Ji No
5. m directory of your VisualDSP installation folder When installing a new license with UAC enabled changes to this file will be redirected to your VirtualStore directory Because VirtualStore directories are specific to each user this has the added side effect in that other users on the machine will not have access to these licenses when using the VisualDSP tools If you would like to install licenses such that they can be used by all users of the computer you will need to install them using account credentials that have administrator rights on that machine This can be accomplished as follows 1 Click on the Windows start menu and browse to the Manage Licenses icon for the VisualDSP installation for which you wish to manage the license 2 Right click on this icon and select Run as administrator from the context menu 3 When prompted enter the user name and password for an account that has administrator rights on the machine Follow the normal steps for installing or validating a new license as described in the VisualDSP documentation The license dat file will be created in the Program Files directory which can then be accessed by all users of the computer If you will be the only user of VisualDSP tools on this particular computer no further action is required Page 2 of 4 gt VisualDSP 5 0 Maintain this installation gt Manage Licenses E VisualDSP Configurator VisualDSP Environment d Document
6. n us library aa905330 aspx April 2007 Microsoft Corporation Document History Revision Description Rev 1 August 16 2007 Initial Release by Glen Anderson Windows Vista Compatibility in VisualDSP 5 0 Development Tools EE 330 Page 4 of 4
7. the directory of your choosing It is no longer necessary nor recommended that you modify the XML files installed with VisualDSP tools More information on creating custom board support files can be found in VisualDSP Help which is installed with the VisualDSP 5 0 tools In Help look under the heading Graphical Environment gt Custom Board Support For More Information More information on UAC and file virtualization can be found in the Knowledge Base on Microsoft s Web site at http support microsoft com Page 3 of 4 ANALOG DEVICES References 1 Windows Vista Business http www microsoft com windows products windowsvista editions business June 2007 Microsoft Corporation 2 Windows Vista Enterprise http www microsoft com windows products windowsvista editions enterprise June 2007 Microsoft Corporation 3 Windows Vista Ultimate http www microsoft com windows products windowsvista editions ultimate June 2007 Microsoft Corporation 4 Common file and registry virtualization issues in Windows Vista http support microsoft com kb 927387 Rev 2 5 March 15 2007 Microsoft Corporation 5 VisualDSP 5 0 Licensing Guide Rev 1 0 August 2007 Analog Devices Inc Readings 6 The Windows Vista and Windows Longhorn Server Developer Story Windows Vista Application Development Requirements for User Account Control UAC http msdn2 microsoft com e
8. y into which the VisualDSP tools are installed when using the default setup options In the normal course of use of the VisualDSP tools there are a few cases in which files may be created or modified in the installation directory Rev 1 August 16 2007 Building and running example programs m Installing a license Logging text from the Output window to a file Modifying processor XML files for use with custom hardware When logged into an account that has UAC enabled all files written to the Program Files directory will be automatically redirected by the operating system to a special VirtualStore directory specific to that user By default this directory can be found at C Users lt user_name gt AppData Local Virt ualStore Program Files where lt user_name gt is the user name of the currently logged in user Although file virtualization is transparent to the VisualDSP application itself you will need to browse to this virtual store directory to access the files directly through Windows Explorer or a command prompt window Building and Running Example Programs with UAC Enabled VisualDSP code examples are located in one of the following subdirectories 21k Examples 211xx Examples 212xx Examples 213xx Examples Blackfin Examples TS Examples Copyright 2007 Analog Devices Inc All rights reserved Analog Devices assumes no responsibility for customer product design or the use or applic

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