Specify properties for the current project. The location of your project appears at the top of the dialog box.

Dialog box options

 

Project Page

Web Application checkbox Important for Web Based applications. When a web application .exe is run directly, rather than as a parameter to PLUSrun.exe, using the WEB Parameter allows it to detect when it’s been prematurely terminated by a Web server (as happens when an application takes too long to respond). If a premature termination occurs, PLUSrun.exe also terminates to prevent it from becoming stranded in memory.

Main file Choose the name of the main file for this project from the list of possibilities. A main file is a runnable source file—a form, report, label, or program.

Parameters to main file Type the parameters you want to pass to the main file whenever it is run via these choices from the Build menu:

Execute <filename>

Run <filename>

Debug <filename>

There is one main file per project, and it appears in boldface in the tree pane of the Project Explorer.

Author Enter any name. The name you enter is stored with the project, but can be changed again any time. Initial Author name (the first time you save a project) is the Username from the Install section of PLUS.ini. After that, the last saved Author name becomes the default for the next new project.

Description This area is for your documentation purposes.

Compile page

Preprocessor defines The #defines you type here are used when you compile a file from this project (either automatically of by choosing Compile or Build).

Log file name Type or choose the file name of the log file that will show any error or warning messages generated during the compilation.

Build page

Target build executable file name Enter a name and path for the .EXE file you intend to build from your source files. The default is the name and location of the project.

Icon file name Choose the icon file to be used as the file icon by the target .EXE file. Your choices are .ICO files that are in the current project.

Splash file name Choose the image file to be used as the splash screen (initial title graphic) when the executable file is run. Your choices are the .BMP files that are in the current project.

How to get there: From the Project Explorer, choose Properties|Project Properties.