Compiling - Projects
If you created a C/C++ Project and didn't fill in the "Build invocation" page of the New Project Wizard, then the first time you select menu option Build on the project, you will be prompted to specify your "Build Invocation Command". This is typically the command you would issue from a command line to invoke a makefile or other build process (e.g. gmake). Once you fill in this information it will be saved and you will not be prompted anymore. This "Build Invocation" can be updated at any time via the Properties of the Project. 

This command is issued in the following cases: 

  1. You explicitly choose to build a project 
  2. You save a file that is part of a project that has the automatic build feature turned on. 
After a build is issued the Output is shown in the Output View, and how the output is parsed is configurable by changing the defined Formats. 

Another option, if Project-level builds are not granular enough, is to identify which makefile to invoke the build on. 
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