Build Groups

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View > Project Manager > Click (Show Build Groups Pane)

The Build Groups pane enables you to build, compile, or clean selected projects or packages inside a project group. This feature is useful for focused work on modules (projects) that exist inside larger applications (project groups).

To open or close the Build Groups pane, click Show Build Groups pane () in the Project Manager.

Item	Description
Active Group	Displays the name of the current active build group. You can select a build group from the current groups by clicking the drop-down list.
Create a new build group	Creates a build group, opens the New Build Group input box so that you can assign a name to the build group, and adds by default all the projects in the current project group in the Project Manager. To remove a project from the build group, clear its checkbox in the Build Groups pane. To add a project to a build group, add the project to the project group (using Project > Add Existing Project ) and then create a new build group.
Make a copy of the current build group	Copies the selected build group and opens the New Build Group input box so that you can assign a name to the new build group. The new build group becomes the current build group and is listed in Active Group.
Delete the current build group	Deletes the current build group after prompting for permission.
Compile the current build group	Compiles only the selected projects in the active build group.
Build the current build group	Builds only the selected projects in the active build group.
Clean the current build group	Cleans only the selected projects in the active build group (removes generated files and leaves only source files).
Check all	Selects all the projects for the active group.
Uncheck all	Clears all the selections for the active group.
Project	Lists all the projects in the active (current) project group. Clear the checkbox for any project that you do not want to build in the active build group.
Configurations	Lists the name of the active build configuration for the project at the time it was added to the build group. If you want to change the active configuration for a project in a build group, you need to double-click the new active configuration in the Project Manager and then create a new build group.
Platforms	Displays the platform associated with the project at the time the build group was created. Native Windows projects are listed as Win32. Multi-device applications can have a platform value of OSX32, iOS, or Android.

See Also

• Compiling, Building, and Running Applications
• Build Configurations Overview
• Configuration Manager