Defining build settings

The Make Builder page lets you:

You can define the properties on a per project basis in the New Project wizard, in the C/C++ Projects view or in the Navigator view. You can also define project properties in the Preferences window for future standard make projects.

Before you begin

In order to be able to turn on or to turn off the feature that automatically performs an incremental build of your project every time a resource is saved for individual projects, you need to enable the Workbench Build Automatically preference. You can then disable this feature or change the associated make target for individual projects.

To enable build on resource save:

  1. Click Window > Preferences.
  2. To automatically perform an incremental build of your project every time a resource is saved, select Workbench from the list.
  3. Select the Perform build automatically on resource modification check box.
    Note: this is the default setting.
  4. You can now enable or disable this feature on a per project basis.

To define build settings:

Windows Preference Make Builder dialog

  1. Do one of the following:
  2. Click the Make Builder tab.
  3. Do one of the following:
  4. Select one of the following build command settings:
  5. In the Workbench Build Behavior box, do the following:
  6. Click the Finish.

Related concepts
CDT Projects
Project file views

Related tasks
Working with C/C++ project files

Related reference
Make Builder page, C/C++ Properties window

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