Compiling, Building, and Running Applications Index

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This section describes essential information about compiling, building, and running applications. The build engine in the IDE is MSBuild.exe. You can now create and manage build configurations, named option sets, and targets files that enhance your ability to control your development environment.

Overview Topics

• Compiling, Building, and Running Applications
• Background Compilation
• MSBuild Overview
• Build Configurations Overview
• Target Platforms Overview
• Option Sets Overview
• Targets files
• Precompiled Headers Overview

How To Compile and Build Applications

• Activating a Build Configuration for a Project
• Activating a Configuration and a Target Platform for a Project Group
• Building a Project Using an MSBuild Command
• Creating and Modifying Build Configurations
• Option Sets - Creating, Applying, Editing, and Deleting
• Creating Build Events
• Compiling C++ Design-Time Packages That Contain Delphi Source
• Linking C++ Library and Object Files
• Building Packages
• Enabling Applications for Unicode
• Using Unicode in the Command Console
• Using Targets Files
• Adding a Custom Build Tool
• Installing More Computer Languages