Project Manager

Most embedded programs are composed of several source files. This means that a project may have to cope with a large collection of individual files. Some files may require compilation, some assembly, and some may require custom translation in the process required to turn the individual files into a target program.

To accommodate the intricacies of project maintenance, ProView serves as a powerful Project Manager. ProView provides you with a method of maintaining a project so that the target program is always up-to-date. ProView can easily handle file-to-file dependencies, including file nesting, as well as the exact sequence of operations required to build the target.

There are three steps to building a project using ProView:

  1. Create the project

  2. Build the project

  3. Execute the program

ProView Project Window

Use the Project Window to Create the project by adding the source files that make up the project; use the Make command from the Project  menu to compile source files and to generate or Build the target; and run the program using the debugger with the simulator or emulator from the Debug  menu to execute, test and debug your program. The Project Options  dialog box allows you to control the functions performed by the Project Manager.

All aspects of a project are saved in a project file. The project file includes: the source files that make up the target program; the compiler, assembler, and linker command options; the debugger and simulator options; and the make facility options.

Project files must end with a .PRJ  or .PRV  extension. You can open, edit, save, and close project files from the Project  menu.