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Book VII
Chapter 1
Working with the
Visual C++ 2008 IDE
and Projects
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Changing Application Properties
Instead, this toolbar contains buttons that help you interact with the
text in various ways. The first section contains IntelliSense buttons that
show you object members, parameter lists, and quick information about
a particular function. In addition, clicking Display Word Completion
automatically completes text you’re typing when IntelliSense can figure
it out. The second section contains buttons that change the indentation
of code in your application. You can also use one of two buttons to com-
ment or uncomment code you’ve written. The third section contains
a series of buttons for working with bookmarks. A bookmark is simply
a means of marking your place in the source code, much as you use a
bookmark in a book.
Changing Application Properties
Visual Studio includes a Properties Window (see Figure 1-8) that you can
use for a number of purposes. This chapter looks at only one use, changing
application properties. However, you’ll see the Properties Window in most
of the chapters in this minibook.
Figure 1-8:
The
Properties
Window
lets you
change the
properties
associated
with the
selected
object.
The Properties Window has two main sections. The upper section contains
a list of properties and their values. You see the Active config property
selected in Figure 1-8. It currently has a value of Debug|Win32. To change
the active configuration, select a new value from the drop-down list box. It’s
possible to change any blank property value (such as Description) or a prop-
erty value that appears in bold type. However, you can’t change a dimmed
property, such as Path.
Property names won’t always tell you enough about a property to change its
value. In this case, you can rely on the lower half of the Properties Window
for additional information. The text description of Active config shown in
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