Analysis of Files in CodeWarrior Projects View

Expand the groups in the CodeWarrior Projects view to display all the default files generated by the New Bareboard Project wizard.

The wizard generates following three C source code files, located in their respective folders in the project directory:

At this time, the project should be configured correctly and the source code should be free of the syntactical errors. If the project has been built earlier, you should see a link to the project's binary files, and the HCS08 folder in the CodeWarrior Projects view.

To understand what the IDE does while building a project, clean the project and build the project again:

  1. Select Project > Clean from the IDE menu bar.

    The Clean dialog box appears.

    Figure 1. Clean Dialog Box

    Clean Dialog Box

  2. Select the Clean projects selected below option and check the project you want to build again.
  3. Click OK .

    The Binaries link disappears, and the FLASH folder is deleted.

  4. To build the project, right-click the project and select Build Project .

    The Console view displays the statements that direct the build tools to compile and link the project. The Binaries link appears, and so does the FLASH folder.

During a project build, the C source code is compiled, the object files are linked together, and the CPU derivative's ROM and RAM area are allocated by the linker according to the settings in the linker command file. When the build is complete, the FLASH folder contains the HCS08_project.abs file.

The Linker Map file, HCS08_project.map, indicates the memory areas allocated for the program.

To examine the source file, main.c, do the following:

Use the integrated editor to write your C source files ( *.c and *.h) and add them to your project. During development, you can test your source code by building and simulating/debugging your application.