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6.6.4 Building Your Project

Building a project entails compiling all of the project source files into a binary format. The format of the binary file that is generated will depend on the Project Type.

Console Applications and Desktop GUI Applications will produce a standard Windows executable file (.EXE) by compiling all project files. When the compiled binary is run, the program begins execution at the Project Main File.

Other project types (Libraries, FastCGI applications) will create other binary files that need to be deployed before being used.

You can Build the project at any time by selecting “Build” from the Project menu. The project may also be built automatically when the green Go button on the toolbar is pressed, if the IDE decides a rebuild is needed before running.

When a project is built it will use the compilation and debug settings from the Project Properties. You can follow the progress of the build by watching the Output window. The Build window will contain verbose build information if the Debug Level is greater than 0