When
you open a VLISP project, VLISP displays a window listing the files
in the project:
By
default, VLISP lists the project members in the order in which they
will be loaded (as defined in the Project Properties dialog box).
You can change this order by choosing Arrange Files from the shortcut
menu for this window.
The project name appears in the window
title bar. Below the title bar are five icons. Each icon is a button
that performs a function. The buttons and their functions are as
follows:
- Project Properties
-
Displays
the Project Properties dialog box for the project. This allows you
to view the full path name of each file in the project, add, remove, and
reorder project files, and view and change project compiler options.
- Load Project FAS
-
Loads
all compiled (.fas) files for the project.
- Load Source Files
-
Loads
all the project source files, making them available to be run.
- Build Project FAS
-
Compiles
all project source files that have been modified since their last
compile.
- Rebuild Project FAS
-
Recompiles
all project source files, whether or not they have changed since
their last compile.
If you
right-click within the file list of the Project Properties dialog
box, VLISP displays a shortcut menu. Many of the functions available
from the project shortcut menu can also be accomplished in other
ways. For example, you've already seen how to add files to projects
and remove files from projects. Choosing Remove File from the shortcut
menu is a quick way of removing a file from a project, while choosing
Add File merely brings you to the Project Properties dialog box.
The
following summarizes the commands on the shortcut menu:
- Edit
-
Edits the source code of the
selected project members.
- Add File
-
Opens
the Project Properties dialog box to add files to the project.
- Remove File
-
Removes
the selected members from the project.
- Load
-
Loads
the FAS file for the selected project members. If no FAS file exists
for a member, loads the AutoLISP source file.
- Load Source
-
Loads the .lsp file for
the selected project members.
- Check Syntax
-
Checks AutoLISP syntax of the source
code for the selected members.
- Touch
-
Indicates
that the selected source files have been updated, but makes no change
to the files. This causes VLISP to recompile these programs the next
time you ask to compile all changed project files.
- Arrange Files
-
Sorts the project member
list, according to one of the available suboptions (load order,
name, type, or date).
- Multiple Selection
-
Tells VLISP whether or
not to allow selection of multiple members from the list in the
Project Properties dialog box. If this option is selected, multiple
selection is allowed.
- [Un]Select All
-
Selects all members of the project
list, if none is currently selected. If any members are currently selected,
this command cancels their selection.
- Close Project
-
- Save Project As
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