Problem with monkeyc -e.

I reply myself:

I created a new project in Visual Studio Code (VSC) and copied everything of my original project hereto.

In VSC now I manage to create an .iq file (with "Export Project").

So I basically found a solution: if I want to publish I use VSC.

In the directory of the newly created project the command

"monkeyc -f monkey2.jungle -o deluxe.prg -y key"

works again: and I can run the result in the simulator. So I do not need to use VSC while developing: only when I publish I need it.

Still do not understand why "monkeyc" used to work to make a .iq file, and now at once not anymore...

Are you using the same SDK as before and pointed to the monkey C for the current SDK?

I THINK I used the same SDK as before.

Anyway, my current SDK was 4.2.1.

I changed that just now to 4.2.4, which results also in my PATH variable to point to 

/Users/arjen/Library/Application Support/Garmin/ConnectIQ/Sdks/connectiq-sdk-mac-4.2.4-2023-04-05-5830cc591//bin

so that should be ok.

But still: when I run

"monkeyc -f monkey2.jungle -e -o deluxe.iq -y key"

it comes with 

ERROR: null

usage: monkeyc [-a <arg>] [-b <arg>] [--build-stats <arg>] [-c <arg>] [-d <arg>]

       [--debug-log-level <arg>] [--debug-log-output <arg>] [-e]

       [--Eno-invalid-symbol] [-f <arg>] [-g] [-h] [-i <arg>] [-k] [-l <arg>]

       [-m <arg>] [--no-gen-styles] [-o <arg>] [-O <arg>] [-p <arg>] [-r] [-s

       <arg>] [-t] [-u <arg>] [-v] [-w] [-x <arg>] [-y <arg>] [-z <arg>]

-a,--apidb <arg>           API import file

-b,--apimir <arg>          API MIR file

   --build-stats <arg>     Print build stats [0=basic]

-c,--api-level <arg>       API Level to target

-d,--device <arg>          Target device

   --debug-log-level <arg> Debug logging verbosity [0=errors, 1=basic,

                           2=intermediate, 3=verbose]

   --debug-log-output <arg>Output log zip file

-e,--package-app           Create an application package.

   --Eno-invalid-symbol    Do not error when a symbol is found to be invalid

-f,--jungles <arg>         Jungle files

-g,--debug                 Print debug output

-h,--help                  Prints help information

-i,--import-dbg <arg>      Import api.debug.xml

-k,--profile               Enable profiling support

-l,--typecheck <arg>       Type check [0=off, 1=gradual, 2=informative,

                           3=strict]

-m,--manifest <arg>        Manifest file (deprecated)

   --no-gen-styles         Do not generate Rez.Styles module

-o,--output <arg>          Output file to create

-O,--optimization <arg>    Optimization level [0=none, 1=basic, 2=fast

                           optimizations, 3=slow optimizations] [p=optimize

                           performance, z=optimize code space]

-p,--project-info <arg>    projectInfo.xml file to use when compiling

-r,--release               Strip debug information

-s,--sdk-version <arg>     SDK version to target (deprecated, use -c

-t,--unit-test             Enables compilation of unit tests

-u,--devices <arg>         devices.xml file to use when compiling (deprecated)

-v,--version               Prints the compiler version

-w,--warn                  Show compiler warnings

-x,--excludes <arg>        Add annotations to the exclude list (deprecated)

-y,--private-key <arg>     Private key to sign builds with

-z,--rez <arg>             Resource files (deprecated)

The compiler runs though as long as necessary to make the .iq file, it seems it comes with the error at the end of compilation.

Did you add devices to your manifest but don't have those devices downloaded?

Even if I comment out all of the devices but the epix (which is certainly downloaded) the error comes.

Mind that in VSC it works. Maybe I´ll try to get the output messages of monkeyc, which at the moment I only get if I compile via VSC: with monkeyc I do not get any massages in the terminal but the one at the end.

On the other hand, I found a work-around with VSC so the problem is not really urgent anymore.

I was able to reproduce your problem (I think - the error message is slightly different, but that could be because you're probably using a different JDK).

~"/Library/Application Support/Garmin/ConnectIQ/Sdks/connectiq-sdk-mac-4.2.4-2023-04-05-5830cc591/bin/monkeyc" -e -o test.iq -f monkey.jungle -y PATH_TO_KEY

ERROR: Cannot invoke "java.io.File.exists()" because "outputParentFile" is null

Seems that the problem goes away if I change "test.iq" to "./test.iq"

~"/Library/Application Support/Garmin/ConnectIQ/Sdks/connectiq-sdk-mac-4.2.4-2023-04-05-5830cc591/bin/monkeyc" -e -o ./test.iq -f monkey.jungle -y PATH_TO_KEY

I feel like this is a bug in the compiler but whatever ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yes that's the solution. Would have never found out myself.

Thanks FlowState and also jim_m_58 for adopting may problem.

What was the solution?

I have the exact same error