STM32F7 hangs after system reset - vector

I have the following problem:
STM32F7 Flash starts at 0x0800 0000. My program works fine.
Then I shift my code in FLASH at 0x0802 0000 to leave space for future bootloader. I changed my MemoryMap.xml file :
<MemorySegment start="0x08020000" name="FLASH" size="0x80000" access="ReadOnly"/>
and the corresponding flashplacement.xml file:
<ProgramSection alignment="0x100" load="Yes" name=".vectors" start=" 0x8020000"/>
and start debuging....Program works fine until an link error occurs which triggers a system restart with a call of HAL_NVIC_SystemReset.
The result is a hanging application which is not the case when my code resides at the start of FLASH (0x0800 0000)
Does anybody knows why is this happens?
Regards
/Kostas

The answer is rather easy. You cant just move memory start address. Your micro will get the stack pointer value and the reset handler routine address from the same address as usually. You need to have this boot loader already flashed( at least the vector table and the reset handler which will set the new vector table, set the app stack pointer and pass the control to your app reset handlet

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Hello all and thanks for viewing this question,
I have a program that users get access to via a login screen. Once the user's credentials have been validated on the login screen, the main program is called (from the login screen) and the login screen disappears. All good. However, if the session crashes (or I press CTRL-PAUSE), the main program is terminated and I end up at the initial login screen. I'd have assumed that after a session crash, Progress (11.4) should take me back to the OS (Windows Server 2012), but not back to the initial screen. I have tried placing QUIT in different areas of the program, but Progress still takes me back to the initial screen, while I need it to quit completely. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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You can add an
ON STOP UNDO, RETURN "stopped" .
option to a DO, FOR or REPEAT block close where your "crash" happens. Then the calling procedure could check for the RETURN-VALUE of "stopped".
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I think that your use of the word "crashed" is very, very confusing. If your session actually "crashes" in the usual sense that _progres (or prowin if this is Windows) terminates, then you would not have any locked records remaining. You would also have a protrace file that would help you to identify where the issue occurs.
Incidentally, you could add error logging to the client startup to determine where the errors that QXtend cannot find are occurring:
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You have not shared any code so I can only guess but, presumably, you are running your login program via the -p startup parameter.
Correct me if I am wrong but something along these lines:
_progres dbname -p startup.p
The startup program then runs whatever it runs to get you logged in and run the application. Maybe something like this:
/* startup.p
*/
message "(re)starting!".
pause.
run value( "login.p" ).
run value( "stuff.p" ).
message "all done".
pause.
quit.
And:
/* login.p
*/
message "hello, logging in!".
pause.
return.
Along with:
/* stuff.p
*/
message "hello, doing stuff!".
pause.
run value( "notthere.p" ).
message "hello, doing more stuff!".
pause.
return.
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To change that and trap the error simply wrap a "DO ON STOP" around the RUN statements. Like this:
/* startup.p
*/
message "(re)starting!".
pause.
do on error undo, leave
on endkey undo, leave
on stop undo, leave
on quit undo, leave: /* "leave", exits this block when one of the named conditions arises */
run value( "login.p" ).
run value( "stuff.p" ).
/* we just leave because we finished normally */
end.
message "all done".
pause.
quit.
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....
.....
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