Build Configuration options 

Description 

Build Configuration 

Displays the name of the current build configuration associated with the options on this page. There are three default build configurations: Base, Debug, and Release.  

Apply Options... 

Displays the Apply Option Set dialog box to apply the options in a named option set to the current configuration.  

Common items 

Description 

Value from <parent configuration or option set> 

Indicates the value in the parent build configuration or referenced option set. If you change this value here, the change will potentially affect the Base configuration (that is, if you click OK on the Project->Options dialog and subsequently build your project).  

Inherit 

Indicates whether inheritance (from a parent configuration) is on or off for the option. To control inheritance, click the option, and then open the associated generic list dialog box by clicking the that appears. The Inherit values from parent configuration checkbox controls whether your current build configuration inherits the values listed in the lower box of the generic list dialog box.  

<any item in red print> 

Indicates that this option has secondary options available. To view the secondary options, click the + sign in front of the option in red.  

<any item in boldface print> 

Indicates that the value of this option has been changed from the value in the parent configuration or referenced option set.  

Pop-Up Button 

Appears after you click an option whose value is one of the following:

• An ordered list of values that you enter and then move into the desired order (such as a list of defines or directories). Click to invoke the generic ordered list dialog box.
• A filename, a directory or a folder name. Click to invoke the standard Open file or Browse for folder dialog box.

 

Directories and Conditionals option 

Description 

Define symbols (name=value) (/d) 

Specifies a list of defined symbols of the form name=value. .See the description of the pop-up button, above.  

Include file search path (/i) 

Specifies the drive and/or directories that contain program include files. See the description of the pop-up button, above.  

Jam in assembler directive (e.g., /jDEAL) 

Defines an assembler startup directive (e.g., jIDEAL). This directive is assembled before the first line of the source file. See the description of the pop-up button, above.
Default = No directives specified.  

Output directory for .obj files 

Sets the .obj output directory to the specified directory. See the description of the pop-up button, above.  

General option 

Description 

Default 

Saves the current settings as the default for each new project.