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<h2>Setting an Active Configuration</h2>
<p>If you have more than one build configuration in a project, use the <b>Manage configurations </b> icon on the toolbar or the <b>Build Configuration</b> menu item to select the build target used to create executables. The active build target is indicated by a check mark.</p>
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<h4>Setting the Active Configuration </h4>
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<li>From the
toolbar
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<li>Select the project in the Project Explorer or C/C++ Projects view </li>
<li>In the toolbar click Manage configurations for the current project control (<img src="../../images/icons/toolbar_manage_configs.png" width="29" height="16" align="absmiddle">) > <i>configuration_name</i></li>
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<div align="center"><img src="../../images/icons/toolbar_manage_configs_menu.png" width="271" height="121"></div>
<blockquote class="figure"><p align="center" class="figure">Figure 2 - Build Configuration menu</p>
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<li>From the Project menu
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<li>Click Project > Build Configurations > Set Active > <i>configuration_name</i></li>
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<p align="center" class="figure"><img src="images/menu_build_config_select_tgt_01.png" width="734" height="240" /><br />
Figure 2 - Build Configuration menu</p>
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<li>From the project's context menu
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<li>Right-click the project name, click Build Configurations > Set Active > <i>configuration_name</i></li>
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<li>From the Properties for <<em>project_name</em>> window
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<li>Right-click the project name, select Properties </li>
<li>Select Carbide.c++ > <a href="../../reference/build_properties/pane_build_config.htm">Carbide Build Configurations</a> panel </li>
<li>Select the active build configuration from the Active Configuration dropdown list</li>
<li>Click Apply </li>
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<p>The IDE uses the chosen build configuration as its build target. </p>
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<h5>Related concepts</h5>
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<li><a href="../../concepts/build_configurations.htm">Active Configuration</a></li>
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<h5>Related tasks</h5>
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<li><a href="prj_new_build_config.htm">Adding/Removing Build Configurations</a></li>
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