Properties of nodes in the Projects view

Properties can be set for the nodes of a project. These properties help to define the component or specify its behavior.

Select a group, application, library, configuration, or file node in the Projects view to see its properties in the Properties view.

Note:

See Packaging reference for Package and Directory node properties.

In Figure 1, The Properties view displays the properties for the HelloWorld application node.

Table 1 shows the properties and the nodes they apply to. Properties can use Predefined node variables as values.

Table 1. Projects view node properties
Label	Group	Application	Library	Configuration	File
BinaryName				Yes
Command line arguments				Yes
Compiler options	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
Current working directory		Yes	Yes	Yes
Description	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Exclude from build	Yes	Yes	Yes
Exclude from compilation					Yes
Exclude from link					Yes
External dependencies		Yes	Yes
File Path					Yes
Language	Yes	Yes	Yes
Linker options	Yes	Yes	Yes
Source Directory			Yes
Target Directory	Yes	Yes	Yes
Web Service				Yes
Web Service URL suffix				Yes