Build Groups
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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 (Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination) in the Project Manager.
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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. |
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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.
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Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 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. |
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Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Delete the current build group |
Deletes the current build group after prompting for permission. |
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Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Compile the current build group |
Compiles only the selected projects in the active build group. |
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Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Build the current build group |
Builds only the selected projects in the active build group. |
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Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Clean the current build group |
Cleans only the selected projects in the active build group (removes generated files and leaves only source files). |
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Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Check all |
Selects all the projects for the active group. |
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Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Uncheck all |
Clears all the selections for the active group. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
