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Manual builds

Although the automatic build feature might be adequate for many developers, there are a couple of scenarios in which a developer might want to perform a build manually. First, some developers do not want to build automatically because it can slow down development. In this case the developer needs a method of building at the time of their choosing. Second, there are cases when you want to force a build of a project or all projects to resolve build errors and dependency issues. To address these types of issues RAD provides the ability to perform a manual build, known as a clean build.

To perform a manual build, do these steps:

1. Select the desired project in the Enterprise Explorer.

2. Select...

   Project | Build Automatically

   ...to clear the check associated with that selection. Manual build option is only available when the automatic build is disabled.

3. Select...

   Project | Build Project

   Alternatively, select...

   Project | Build All

   ...to build all projects in the workspace. Both of these commands search through the projects and only build the resources that have changed since the last build.

To build all resources, even those that have not changed since the last build, do these steps:

1. Select the desired project in the Enterprise Explorer.

2. Select Project | Clean.

3. In the Clean dialog, select one of the following options and click OK:
   • Clean all projects: This performs a build of all projects.
   • Clean selected projects: <project> (The project selected in the previous step is selected by default or you can select it from the projects list.)