J-Link GUI Dialogs

The J-Link GUI Software, as well as other SEGGER software, such as Ozone and Embedded Studio, and third-party tools, which include J-Link support, may show informative pop up windows and dialogs regarding the operation of J-Link.

For consistent display of GUI dialogs the J-Link Software Pack needs to be installed.

The J-Link Software can handle systems without a window manager. It does not attempt to show dialogs and accepts dialogs with the default choice. This enables use of the J-Link Software and additional tools on headless systems, such as in CI/CD pipelines.

Missing Dialogs

When the J-Link Software Pack is not installed, other tools which include a J-Link library V7.88f or later might not display dialogs, such as the flash programming dialog anymore. The J-Link operation is not affected by this behavior. If there are errors, they will be propagated to the tool and handled as usual.

To resolve the inconvenience, install the J-Link Software Pack. An update of the J-Link Library in the tool, as provided by J-Link DLL Updater, is recommended but optional.