Forum : Ride IDE
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February 27, 2009 - 10:49am
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Recently I have installed several installations of the RIDE, solely for use in programming STM32 processors. However these are all on Windows XP PC's, where the users have limited privileges. I have found these to be a nightmare to install and run in these situations: I install under my own administrative account, but when the standard users start the application, there is some additional configuration performed. Using the standard installation files this is impossible, as the unzipped installation files are under the inaccessible administrative account. To get round this, I had to unpack the installation files, and install from there. It usually now installs ok, but there is always an error about installing the IPlot(something).ocx. However after this it runs ok. Note: This is using the downloaded versions, rather than the out of date installations from the CD. |
Hi Dave,
Ride7 is supported on Windows XP and Vista, but the user must have administrator rights over the machine for both installation and use of Ride7.
Even if Ride7 can be used (up to some point) without administrator rights, this is an unsupported configuration.
We will update the installation readme message so that this Ride7 restriction is clearer.
Sorry for the inconvenience,
Bruno
Bruno,
Thankyou for the reply.
Is there an alternative method of programming using the RLink's then , which a non-administrative user can use?
For these users they are purely programming the STM32 processors.
Regards,
Dave
Dave,
You will need the administrator priviliges to install Ride7 and its RKit-ARM.
Once this is done, you can use the cortex_pgm.exe command-line executable from a DOS box. This will be enough to blank, program, verify the devices without any administrator privileges.
Regards,
Bruno
Bruno,
Thankyou very much.
I'll look into using the cortex-pgm, and possibly writing a wrapper for it.
The users are unskilled, and prefer to just press a button!