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Eclipse Build doesn't always compile all files
Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 11:12 am
by SeeCwriter
When I select "Build Project" from the menu, Eclipse does not always build the project. I can edit a file, save the file, then select "Build Project", and more often than not I get the message "Nothing to build". To be sure
everything gets compiled, I always have to select "Clean Project" first, then do a build. Is this a quirk of
Eclipse or is there a configuration I haven't set up properly. I have "Build Automatically" disabled because I
find it annoying.
Re: Eclipse Build doesn't always compile all files
Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 9:49 pm
by sblair
Just to be clear. What is the file type you see this with? I've never had that issue with a .c, .cpp, or .h file but there are certain files it won't pick up such as .js files since they aren't compiled files but they still need to get picked up and included in the build so I just have to force it to do a clean build if I'm editing a non-gcc compiled file like that.
Re: Eclipse Build doesn't always compile all files
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 11:31 am
by rnixon
It does detect a change in my html files in the html directory as well as c, cpp and h files in the main project directory
Re: Eclipse Build doesn't always compile all files
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 12:05 pm
by sblair
It detects .html file changes since those are compiled. But if I'm only changing .js or graphics files in my html directory then I have to do a clean for it to pick them up.
Re: Eclipse Build doesn't always compile all files
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 2:29 pm
by SeeCwriter
The files are all C/C++ source files (.cpp, .h, .hpp), no html or javascript.
Re: Eclipse Build doesn't always compile all files
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 2:57 pm
by rnixon
Somehow your setup must be different. As a test try a new project with one of the example programs. See if it behaves differently. If it does not, how is it different from your project? Additional folders, settings, etc.
Re: Eclipse Build doesn't always compile all files
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 4:04 pm
by Forrest
SeeCwriter wrote:When I select "Build Project" from the menu, Eclipse does not always build the project. I can edit a file, save the file, then select "Build Project", and more often than not I get the message "Nothing to build". To be sure
everything gets compiled, I always have to select "Clean Project" first, then do a build. Is this a quirk of
Eclipse or is there a configuration I haven't set up properly. I have "Build Automatically" disabled because I
find it annoying.
I have not run in to this as you describe it. Are you sure your project is of type "NetBurner project" and not a c/c++ project?
Right click on the source in question and look at the properties. Is the checkbox to exclude enabled by chance? Does your properties page look something like my screenshot?