Ide/Projects

IDE Project Files
To produce an application in Visual Prolog IDE (Integrated Development Environment) you have to use the utility (the Project | New command) to create the project description file and to create other default project files. A project file .vipprj contains all information required for a project.

IDE also provides the environment file .env for a project. This file stores the some information, like the set of opened windows, etc.

Operations on Project Components

 * 1) Using the menu commands File | New, File | Add, and Edit | Delete the programmer can:
 * 2) * Add new components (object libraries (.lib files), packages, classes, interfaces, dialogs, windows, forms, menus, toolbars, icons, cursors, and bitmaps) to the project.
 * 3) * Delete existing components from the project.
 * 4) * Edit a given component. (In the Project Tree simply double-click a file or select a file and press Enter.)
 * 5) Using the  utility the programmer can change some global project settings.
 * 6)  the programmer can see the tree of files used in the project. This tree shows the dependencies and the include structure of the project.

Project Files as IDE Start-up Parameters
The name of a Visual Prolog project file can be supplied to VIP.exe (Integrated Development Environment executable file) at start-up as a command line parameter. It loads the given project into the opened IDE. Associating the .vipprj file extension with Visual Prolog IDE enables double-clicking any  *.vipprj  filename. It runs the IDE and loads this project into the invoked IDE.