Using SoftBench

Understanding SoftBench Window Areas

Table 2-2

Description of SoftBench Window Areas

 

 

 

 

Window Area

Description

 

 

 

 

5 Button Area

Provides quick access to important actions:

 

 

• Open to open a project or make an already open

 

 

 

project current

 

 

• Check Code (available with C++ SoftBench only)

 

 

 

to find coding violations beyond errors already

 

 

 

caught by the compiler

 

 

• Build to build the entire project or selected

 

 

 

target(s)

 

 

Select one or more list items in the project

 

 

browser or target graph, then select the desired

 

 

button to initiate the action.

 

 

 

 

6 Build Control

Contains controls for the build process:

 

Area

•

"Compile Mode" toggle buttons set the "■

 

 

 

 

 

Debug",

 

 

 

"■ Static", and "■ Optimized" compiler

 

 

 

options

 

 

•

" Build Subprojects" toggle button, controls

 

 

 

whether subprojects of the current project are

 

 

 

also built or used in their current state

 

 

 

 

7 Expand/Close

The Expand >> button expands the SoftBench

 

Button

window to display the Builder or CodeAdvisor

 

 

pages. When the window expands, the button

 

 

changes to Close <<. The Close << button closes the

 

 

Builder and CodeAdvisor pages and returns the

 

 

SoftBench window to its compact state.

 

 

 

 

8 Status Line

Displays messages about the status (startup,

 

 

completion, success, failure, problem encountered)

 

 

of actions that you take. The spinning clock icon

 

 

indicates when a "Build" or "Check Code"

 

 

operation is in progress.

 

 

 

 

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