Tips and Tricks

The following section discusses advanced techniques you may use with the µVision3 Project Manager. You will not need the following features very often, but readers of this section get a better feeling for the µVision3 capabilities.

• Start External Tools after Build Process shows how to execute programs after a successful build command which is useful for post-processing as required for symbol information by some emulators or programmers.
• Specify a Separate Folder for Listing and Object Files lets you direct the object and listing files of your project to specific folders.
• Use a CPU that is not in the µVision Device Database explains how to define new Devices that can be selected from the Device Database™.
• Create a Library File gives you the tool setup that is required for creating library files.
• File Extensions allows you to set the file extension for the various file types of a project.
• Import Project Files from µVision Version 1 explains you how to import existing µVision Version 1 *.PRJ files.
• Version and Serial Number Information allows you to view project specific tool version information.

File and Group Specific Options are set via Options for ... in context menu that opens via a right mouse click on an item in the Project Workspace.

Options for ... provides the following configuration options:

• Properties Dialog allows you to set file and group specific options.
• Include Always specific Library Modules specify library modules that should be always included in a project.
• Use a Custom Translator shows how to pre-process files with a custom specific translator.
• Different Compiler and Assembler Settings allows you to change tool options for a file group or even a single file.