Project Menu Differences - MPLAB® X IDE and MPLAB® IDE v8

The following table highlights the Project menu changes from MPLAB® IDE v8 to MPLAB X IDE. Due to the changes in MPLAB X IDE, not all MPLAB IDE v8 menu items will map identically. Major differences are discussed under Comments.

Table: Project Menu Differences

MPLAB® IDE v8 MPLAB® X IDE Comments
Project Wizard File > New Project Always invoked for new project.
New File > New Project Always invoked for new project.
Open File > Open Project
File > Open Recent Project
Close File > Close Project
Set Active Project Run > Set Main Project
Quickbuild Not supported A project is required for all development.
Package in .zip Right click on project
in Projects window,
select Package
Clean Right click on project
in Projects window, select
Clean or Clean and Build
Locate Headers Right click on project
in Projects window,
select Locate Headers
Export Makefile N/A See the topic Working Outside the IDE
in the MPLAB X IDE Help.
Build All Run > Run Project
Debug > Debug Project		 Programmer build/run
Debug build/run
Make
Build Configuration File > Project Properties,
click Manage Configurations		 There used to be only two configurations:
Release and Debug. Now you determine
how many you need.
Build Options File > Project Properties,
click Toolchain Tool		 Language tool set up
Save Project File > Save
File > Save All
Save Project As File > Save As
Add Files to Project Right click on project folder
in Projects window,
select Add Existing Item
Add New File to Project Right click on project folder
in Projects window,
select New
Remove File from Project Right click on project file
in Projects window,
select Remove From Project
Select Language Toolsuite File > New Project
File > Project Properties		 To select
To change
Set Language Tool Locations Tools > Options, Embedded,
Build Tools		 Use mplab_ide > Preferences instead of
Tools > Options for Mac® OS X®.
Version Control Team menu items Other version control may be available
as a plugin.

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