Build a project

Before you can download the application on your target device, you need to build it. There are various ways to trigger a build.

From the Explorer view

In the Explorer view , right-click the *.csolution.yml file and select Build solution.

These options are also available in the right-click menu:

• Rebuild solution: Cleans the output directories before building the cproject

• Clean all out and tmp directories: Cleans the output and tmp directories for the active solution

From the CMSIS view

In the header, click .

The Clean all out and tmp directories and Rebuild solution options are also available with .

You can configure a build task in a tasks.json file to customize the behavior of the build button. All the examples on keil.arm.com include a tasks.json file. See Configure a build task for more details.

Build output

After you initiate the build process, a Terminal window opens and displays the build operation:

Check the output to find where the ELF file (.axf) was generated.