Manual Build

When you build resources manually, you have the flexibility to choose when to build.  All manual builds are performed via menu items.

Some of the manual build options are not available when the automatic build preference is turned on.  See Perform Automatic Builds to learn how to disable the automatic build preference.

There are a number of ways to perform manual builds:

In the Packages view of the Java Perspective:

To do an incremental build of a selected project (or projects):

1.

In the Packages view of the Java perspective, select one or more projects.  

2.

Bring up the context menu.

3.

Select the "Build Project" menu item.

To do an full build of a selected project (or projects):

1.

In the Packages view of the Java perspective, select one or more projects.

2.

Bring up the context menu.

3.

Select the "Rebuild Project" menu item.

 

In the Navigator view of the Resource Perspective:

To do an incremental build of a selected project (or projects):

1.

In the Navigator view of the Resource perspective, select one or more projects.

2.

Bring up the context menu.

3.

Select the "Build " menu item.

Note: This option is only available when the automatic build preference is turned off.  

To do an full build of a selected project (or projects):

1.

In the Navigator view of the Resource perspective, select one or more projects.  

2.

Bring up the context menu.

3.

Select the "Rebuild All" menu item.

 

From the Project menu of the workbench window:

To do a full build of all projects in the workspace:

1.

From the workbench, select the Project > Rebuild All menu item.  

To do an incremental build of all projects in the workspace:

1.

From the workbench, select the Project > Build menu item.  Alternatively,  use Ctrl + B.    

Note: This menu item is only available when the automatic build preference is turned off.