Maximizing Your Results with SoftBench

Using the SoftBench Integrated Environment

•makes the opened project the current project

•switches the project browser from the Projects view to the Files view, displaying the project's files

Only the current project's files display in the Files view. If you had another project open, SoftBench by default leaves it open and all its tools running. To close the previous project and stop its associated tools whenever a new project opens, set the "Options:■ Close Tools when Switching Projects" toggle button. When you set it, the previous project closes, stopping associated tools. When you turn it off, the previous project remains open and any associated SoftBench tools remain running.

Each tool instance shows its associated project in its title bar. A build initiated from one of the tools builds the project named in its title bar. When you open a tool with one current project, then switch projects in the main SoftBench window, the tool remains attached to the project for which it was started. The editors save files in the project with which they are associated.

To help simplify window management when working in multiple projects, SoftBench provides "Iconize Project" and "Normalize Project" buttons (see Figure 1-10). From the Projects view, select the project, then select the button to either iconize or normalize the associated tool windows. Alternatively, you can use CDE workspaces to simplify window management for multiple projects.

Figure 1-10 Iconize and Normalize Project ButtonsUsing SoftBench Tools as Standalone Tools

When you start SoftBench tools directly from the command line, the tools have no knowledge of project data associated with the files, and you cannot access build functionality. Other types of tool interactions, such as accessing the editor from SoftBench Static Analyzer, still work. However,

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