C and C++ SoftBench User's Guide

Using SoftBench

Setting Up a Project

Chapter 252

Configuration… and make the needed changes. (For more information,

see “Customizing Build Conﬁgurations” on page 62.)

If you want to have SoftBench generate a Makeﬁle for use external to

SoftBench, for example in a nightly build script, choose "Builder:

Generate Makefile…".

Creating a Project Using External Build

External build provides build support when you write and maintain

your own Makeﬁles or build scripts. With external build, you also need to

specify the ﬁles that belong to the project, and you may also want to

specify the targets (see “Deﬁning Targets for External Build” on page

64). Doing so enables SoftBench to show your targets on the target graph

for easy selection and building. SoftBench does not read or parse your

Makeﬁle.

To create an external build project:

1. Choose "Project: New → Create…".

Figure 2-5 "Create Project" Dialog Box for External Build

2. In the "Create Project" dialog box, provide the project name, local

workspace root, and descriptive comment.

3. Select the "❍ External Build" radio button.

4. Your build directory should be the same as your local workspace root.

If for some reason it is not, enter the build directory.

5. Enter the build command for building the project. For example, enter

make to build the default target in a make(1) Makeﬁle. Your Makeﬁle