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Project menu</H1>
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The Project menu allows you to perform actions (builds or compilations) on projects in the Workbench.</P>
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Open Project</h2>
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This command opens the currently selected project or projects.  The selected projects must currently 
be closed for this command to be available.</P>
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Close Project</h2>
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This command closes the currently selected project or projects.  The selected projects must be
currently open for this command to be available.  Closing a project will remove all of that project's
state from memory, but the contents on disk are left untouched.</P>
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Build All</h2>
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This command performs an incremental build on all projects in the Workbench. That is, it builds 
(compiles) all resources in the Workbench that are affected by any resource changes since the 
last incremental build.  This command is only available if auto-build is turned off.  Auto-build is turned
off via the <strong>Build Automatically</strong> menu option or from the <b>General &gt; Workspace</b> preference page.
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Build Project</h2>
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This command performs an incremental build on the currently selected project. That is, it builds 
(compiles) all resources in the project that are affected by any resource changes since the 
last build.  This command is only available if auto-build is turned off.  Auto-build is turned
off via the <strong>Build Automatically</strong> menu option or from the <b>General &gt; Workspace</b> preference page.
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Build Working Set</h2>
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This menu allows you to performs an incremental build on a working set. That is, it builds 
(compiles) all resources in the working set that are affected by any resource changes since the 
last build.  This command is only available if auto-build is turned off.  Auto-build is turned
off via the <strong>Build Automatically</strong> menu option or from the <b>General &gt; Workspace</b> preference page.
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Clean</h2>
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This command discards all previous build results.  If autobuild is on, then this invokes a full build.
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Build Automatically</h2>
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This command allows you to toggle the auto build preference.  The auto-build preference is also located on the <b>General &gt; Workspace</b> preference page.
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Properties</h2>
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This command opens a dialog showing the properties of the selected project or of the project that contains the
selected resource.</P>
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