Properties view

Properties can be set for the projects and project components, to help define the component or specify its behavior.

The Properties view displays the properties for the nodes and their values. Add values in the text box for the property, and use the text box undo button to set the property's default value.

This figure is a screenshot of the the Project Manager Properties view showing various properties.

Figure 1. Project Manager Properties view

Specific Project Manager node variables can be used in the values.

Table 1. Project Manager properties
Label	Description	May be inherited	Read-only	Group	Appli- cation	Library	File
Description	A short description of the group or application node.	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO
Target Directory	Target directory for output files for all applicable nodes. Compiled modules and link results (42m, 42f, 42r, and 42x files) will be stored in this directory. The default directory is a bin directory created in the current Project directory. Use the Browse button to change the directory. If the directory value is changed, Genero Studio tries to maintain a relative path having the project directory as its base. A relative path is not possible, however, if a different drive under Windows™ is selected. For portability, we recommend that Target Directory should always be defined through a relative path, with the Project Directory $( ProjectDir ) as the starting point.	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO
Language	Language to be used when building a node. See Languages	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO
Compiler options	Options to be passed to the compiler; for example, -S to dump Static SQL messages found in the source.	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES
Linker options	Options to be passed when linking.	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO
Exclude from build	Excludes the node from the build process.	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO
Exclude from compilation	Excludes the file from compile process.	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Exclude from link	Excludes the file from linking process.	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
External dependencies	See Setting external dependencies.	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
File Path	The complete path of a file, including filename.	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Command line arguments	Arguments passed to the FGL application when it is launched (Run or Debug). This is useful when the application is written to behave differently depending on arguments that are passed on the command line. For example, the value 123 could be entered as the argument. This value could be retrieved in the application source code using the built-in function ARG_VAL, and the application could be written to respond accordingly.	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO