Working with Projects

As you develop an application, you work with a project to manage all the different files that make up the application. A project consists of:

• One project file that keeps track of all the components (.prj).

 

• One or more PL/B source files.

 

The project file is simply a list of all the files associated with the project, as well as information on the environment options you set. This information is updated every time you save the project. All of the files in a project can be shared by other projects as well.

When you have completed all the files for a project, you can convert the project into a program (.plc): From the Project menu, choose the Build command or press F7. Alternatively, you can right click in the project window and select Build.

The Project Window

As you create, add, or remove editable files from a project, the PL/B IDE Studio reflects your changes in the Project window, which contains a current list of the files in the project.

The Project File

Each time you save a project, the PL/B IDE Studio updates the project file (.prj). A project file contains the same list of files that appears in the Project window.