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CDT - Run or debug - the selection cannot be launched [message #231228]

Fri, 06 March 2009 16:01

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: kgold.watson.ibm.com

Here's a FAQ with no answers on Google.

I can run or debug successfully by
Run - Open Run Dialog - Run
Run - Run History

If I try to run by
Clicking the Run icon
Ctrl-F11

I get

"The selection cannot be launched, and there are no recent launches"

Possibly related, the run history always shows the same name,
but does run whatever ran last.

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Re: CDT - Run or debug - the selection cannot be launched [message #231236 is a reply to message #231228]

Fri, 06 March 2009 16:17

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: subs._nospam_consertum.com

Ken Goldman wrote:
> Here's a FAQ with no answers on Google.
>
> I can run or debug successfully by
> Run - Open Run Dialog - Run
> Run - Run History
>
> If I try to run by
> Clicking the Run icon
> Ctrl-F11
>
> I get
>
> "The selection cannot be launched, and there are no recent launches"
>
> Possibly related, the run history always shows the same name,
> but does run whatever ran last.
Try changing a preference:

Run/Debug
Launching
"Launch the selected resource"...

--
Derek

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Re: CDT - Run or debug - the selection cannot be launched [message #231250 is a reply to message #231236]

Fri, 06 March 2009 17:24

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: kgold.watson.ibm.com

Derek wrote:
> Ken Goldman wrote:
>> Here's a FAQ with no answers on Google.
>>
>> I can run or debug successfully by
>> Run - Open Run Dialog - Run
>> Run - Run History
>>
>> If I try to run by
>> Clicking the Run icon
>> Ctrl-F11
>>
>> I get
>>
>> "The selection cannot be launched, and there are no recent launches"
>>
>> Possibly related, the run history always shows the same name,
>> but does run whatever ran last.
> Try changing a preference:
>
> Run/Debug
> Launching
> "Launch the selected resource"...

Thanks for responding, Could you give a bit more detail?

- I don't have a Run/Debug menu selection.
- I have Run, but there's no Launching under it
- Right clicking the project -> Properties yields a Run/Debug Settings
selection, but Launch Configurations is empty.

This is Eclipse 3.3.2 on Windows, if that matters.

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Re: CDT - Run or debug - the selection cannot be launched [message #231258 is a reply to message #231250]

Fri, 06 March 2009 17:43

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: subs._nospam_consertum.com

Ken Goldman wrote:
> Derek wrote:
>> Ken Goldman wrote:
>>> Here's a FAQ with no answers on Google.
>>>
>>> I can run or debug successfully by
>>> Run - Open Run Dialog - Run
>>> Run - Run History
>>>
>>> If I try to run by
>>> Clicking the Run icon
>>> Ctrl-F11
>>>
>>> I get
>>>
>>> "The selection cannot be launched, and there are no recent launches"
>>>
>>> Possibly related, the run history always shows the same name,
>>> but does run whatever ran last.
>> Try changing a preference:
>>
>> Run/Debug
>> Launching
>> "Launch the selected resource"...
>
> Thanks for responding, Could you give a bit more detail?
>
> - I don't have a Run/Debug menu selection.
> - I have Run, but there's no Launching under it
> - Right clicking the project -> Properties yields a Run/Debug Settings
> selection, but Launch Configurations is empty.
>
> This is Eclipse 3.3.2 on Windows, if that matters.
>
I said a *preference* not a property. Windows->Prefrences

--
Derek

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Re: CDT - Run or debug - the selection cannot be launched [message #231267 is a reply to message #231258]

Fri, 06 March 2009 18:00

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: kgold.watson.ibm.com

Derek wrote:
>>> Try changing a preference:
>>>
>>> Run/Debug
>>> Launching
>>> "Launch the selected resource"...
>>
>> Thanks for responding, Could you give a bit more detail?
>>
>> - I don't have a Run/Debug menu selection.
>> - I have Run, but there's no Launching under it
>> - Right clicking the project -> Properties yields a Run/Debug Settings
>> selection, but Launch Configurations is empty.
>>
>> This is Eclipse 3.3.2 on Windows, if that matters.
>>
> I said a *preference* not a property. Windows->Prefrences

Found it.

Under Launching,
'Launch the selected resource' is selected.
'Launch the associated project' is selected.

Under Default Launchers, it's empty

Under Launch Configurations, everything is selected except
Filter checked launch configuration types.

[To the developers: I can appreciate the incredible flexibility of the
properties and preferences, but it sure would make sense to me for the
Run button to run the program by default.]

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Re: CDT - Run or debug - the selection cannot be launched [message #231287 is a reply to message #231267]

Sat, 07 March 2009 05:02

David Wegener

Messages: 1445
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Ken Goldman wrote:

> Derek wrote:
>>>> Try changing a preference:
>>>>
>>>> Run/Debug
>>>> Launching
>>>> "Launch the selected resource"...
>>>
>>> Thanks for responding, Could you give a bit more detail?
>>>
>>> - I don't have a Run/Debug menu selection.
>>> - I have Run, but there's no Launching under it
>>> - Right clicking the project -> Properties yields a Run/Debug Settings
>>> selection, but Launch Configurations is empty.
>>>
>>> This is Eclipse 3.3.2 on Windows, if that matters.
>>>
>> I said a *preference* not a property. Windows->Prefrences
>
> Found it.
>
> Under Launching,
> 'Launch the selected resource' is selected.
> 'Launch the associated project' is selected.
>

Select Always launch the previously launched application in the Launch
preferences

> Under Default Launchers, it's empty
>
> Under Launch Configurations, everything is selected except
> Filter checked launch configuration types.
>
> [To the developers: I can appreciate the incredible flexibility of the
> properties and preferences, but it sure would make sense to me for the
> Run button to run the program by default.]

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Re: CDT - Run or debug - the selection cannot be launched [message #233219 is a reply to message #231287]

Thu, 23 April 2009 17:47

David Hart

Messages: 4
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Thanks for posting this thread, I had exactly the same problem, and
discovered what I was doing wrong.

You need to highlight the project in the Project Explorer, not one of the
other project files, and then you can select Run -> Run As -> Local C/C++
Application

Wow, I don't believe I've answered a question on this forum with so little
experience in eclipse. This newsgroup rocks.

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Re: CDT - Run or debug - the selection cannot be launched [message #754531 is a reply to message #233219]

Thu, 03 November 2011 00:38

Erundil

Messages: 2
Registered: November 2011

Junior Member

Not really helpful for me. I'm using Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo) and:
- found those preferences
- set them as you told (just switched from "Launch the selected resource..." to "Always launch the previously...")
but there is a problem...

When I use the triangle button to run it, "Run Configurations" window appears.
When I choose to "Run as...' there's "Launch failed. Binary not found." error.

Why wouldn't they create an IDE like e.g. Dev-Cpp? It's just write the code and click Compile&Run. No messing with the settings, and so on...

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