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<h2>Project Explorer view </h2>
<p>  The <img src="../../images/command_link.png" border="0" alt="" /> <a href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.views.showView(org.eclipse.ui.views.showView.viewId=org.eclipse.ui.navigator.ProjectExplorer)")' class="command-link"><b>Project Explorer</b></a> view (Figure 1) display<span><span>s  relevant C/C++ projects located in the current workspace using a tree structure</span></span>. Use this view to manage all the projects located in the current workspace. The view is customizable and takes advantage of working sets. </p>
<p>The content of a project is dependent upon how it was created in the workspace.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="../../reference/images/view_project_explorer.png" alt="Project Explorer view" width="281" height="424"></p>
<p class="figure">Figure 1 - Project Explorer view showing projects in the current workspace</p>
<p>The directories that appear in the project include:</p>
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  <li><b>sis</b>&#8212;the storage location for the final output files. The output file is linked from the top level of the project with a file of the same name.  Both the binary and link files can be expanded to show the source files used to build the program.</li>
  <li><b>Includes</b>&#8212;a listing of all the include files used to build the project.</li>
  <li><b>Executables</b> - a listing of debuggable executables imported into the <a href="view_executables.htm">Executables</a> view </li>
  <li><b>User specified</b>&#8212;many other directories like <span class="code">src</span>, <span class="code">inc</span>, <span class="code">data</span>, and others are used to store specific types of project files. The names used for the directories are defined in the <a href="../../reference/ProjectDirectories.html">Project Directories</a> page when the project is created. </li>
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<blockquote>
  <p class="note"><b>NOTE</b> Only the directories specified by the mmp file are created during import. </p>
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<p>The files that appear in the project directories can be either:</p>
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  <li><b>files</b> (<img src="../../reference/images/icon_project_file.png" width="15" height="16" align="absmiddle" />)&#8212;these files are located in the workspace within the project directories. Double-click a file icon to open it for editing.</li>
  <li><b>folder links</b>&#8212;these are links pointing to folders that enable the project to support  cvs related sources. </li>
</ul>
<p>See  <b>C/C++ Development User Guide &gt; Reference &gt; C/C++ Views and Editors &gt; <a href="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.cdt.doc.user/reference/cdt_u_project_explorer_view.htm">Project Explorer view</a></b> for more info. </p>
<h5>Related references</h5>
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  <li><a href="perspective_carbide.htm">Carbide C/C++ Perspective  </a></li>
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