2.1 Overview

The procedure starting from the startup of CS+, creating and building projects, and up to saving projects is shown as follows.

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Start CS+

Start CS+ (see "2.2 Start CS+").

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Create or load a project

Create a new project, or load an existing one (see "2.3 Create a Project" and "2.4 Manipulate a Project").

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Set the build tool version

Set the build tool version (see "2.5 Change the Build Tool Version").

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Set build target files

Add or remove build target files and update the dependencies (see "2.6 Set Build Target Files").

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Set build options

Set the options for the build tool.

Remark

See "CS+ Integrated Development Environment User’s Manual: Build Tool Operation" for details about setting build options.

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Run a build

Run a build after making related settings as required (see "2.7 Make Settings for Build Operations" and "2.8 Run a Build").

Remark

If there are any commands you wish to run before or after the build process, on the build tool's Property panel, from the [Common Options] tab, in the [Others] category, set the [Commands executed before build processing] and [Commands executed after build processing] properties.
If there are any commands you wish to run before or after the build process at the file level, you can set them from the [Individual Compile Options] tab (for a C source file) and [Individual Assemble Options] tab (for an assembly source file).

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Save the project

Save the setting contents of the project to the project file (see "2.9 Save the Project File").

 

In addition to the above, the following operations are possible.

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Changing the window layout (see "2.10 Change the Window Layout")

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Accelerating the startup time of CS (see "2.11 Accelerate the Startup Time of CS+")

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Manipulating CS on the command line (see "2.12 Manipulate CS+ on the Command Line")