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18 CoMET Version 5.9 – Tutorial
 Select Project Properties from the context menu.
 In the Project dialog, Project panel, set Active to True.
Ensure the active build configuration is the appropriate console configuration, VcConApp or
GccConApp. The active configuration is displayed in bold text. This was set to active in the
previous section.
If the VcConApp or GccConApp is not the active build configuration:
To set the active configuration
 Right click on the configuration entry in the Workspace window.
 Select Configuration Properties from the context menu.
 In the Project dialog, Configuration panel, set Active to True.
Alternatively,
 Choose Workspace/Active Configurations.
 In the Active Configuration dialog, choose the required Type and Mode of build
configuration.
To build the active project, active build configuration:
Choose Workspace/Build, or click the tool bar Build button:
The Output window, Build tab displays build messages.
If the build does not complete successfully, the build messages may indicate a cause. For
example, the message:
Failed to build: The system cannot find the path specified.
may indicate the path to the compiler is incorrect. Choose Tools/Comet Configuration/Tool
Locations tab and confirm that the compiler path points to the parent directory of the bin
directory containing the compiler executable.