Closing, Opening and Activating a Project

Closing a project

Like files, you can close a complete project. To do so:

  1. In the C/C++ Projects view, right-click on the project myproject and select Close Project.

    If there are unsaved files, the Save Resources dialog appears in which you can choose which modified files need to be saved before closing the project.

  2. Select the files you want to be saved and click OK to continue.

    Any selected unsaved files are saved first, then the project closes. In the C/C++ Projects view the project myproject is now visible as a closed map.

Opening a project

To reopen the project again:

Activating a project

The project related menu items and buttons act on the currently active project. When you create a new project, the new project automatically becomes the active project. If you want to work with another project, you have to make it active first.

To make a project active: