Manage Solution Settings

In the Manage Solution view, you can set the context of your solution. The context set selects the target and defines the projects and build types that are included in the application image.

In the Solution outline, click Manage Solution Settings . The Manage Solutions view opens:

Manage Solution view

You can change the active target type, and the active projects included in the build. You can also change the build type of a project, or the run and debug configurations, or you can add new configurations.

Active target

Select a Target Type to specify the hardware used to build the solution. Some examples are also compatible with Arm Virtual Hardware (AVH) targets, in which case more options are available. For more details, read the AVH solutions overview.

To specify your target types by editing the YAML file directly, click Edit targets, build-types and project references in csolution.yml.

Active projects

This section shows the projects that are part of the solution. Use the checkboxes to add or remove projects from the context set. The Project Name displays and cannot be changed.

Select a Build Type for each project. You can set different build types for different projects in your solution.

Click Edit cproject.yml next to a project to open the <project-name>.cproject.yml file. YAML syntax support helps you with editing.

Note

The projects and build types that you can select are defined by contexts for a particular target. Some options might be unavailable if they have been excluded for the target selected. To learn more about contexts and how to modify them, see the Context and Conditional build information in the CMSIS-Toolbox documentation. For example, you can use for-context and not-for-context to include or exclude target types at the project: level in the *.csolution.yml file.

Run and debug

Choose a run configuration and a debug configuration to use for your solution. You can select different run and debug configurations for each project included in the solution.

You can also move your mouse over an entry in the list and click the pen icon to edit an existing configuration with a visual editor:

Edit configuration

Click + Add new to add a new configuration.

Errors and warnings

You can inspect errors and warnings for a context set. For active projects in the context set, errors and warnings display when you move your cursor over the Context Set in the status bar. The indicator is red for errors and yellow in case of warnings.

Context Set errors and warnings

Click the indicator to open the Output tab for the CMSIS Solution category. If you previously closed the Manage Solution view, then this action also re-opens the view.

You can also go to the Problems tab and check for errors.

Open the main.c file and check the IntelliSense features available. To find out about the different features, read the VS Code documentation on IntelliSense.