Step 7: Select Project Name and Folder

Select the project name, location and other project features.

Enter the project name. The name will be appended with .X by convention. See the “Project Folder” text box.

Browse to a folder location. You can create a new project folder if you need one. By default, projects will be placed in:

Table 1. Other Features
Set as main project Specify this project as your main project
Use project location as project folder Create the project in the same folder as the project location.

This is useful if you are importing an MPLAB IDE v8 project and want to maintain the same folder for your MPLAB X IDE project (as when you want the build to be the same).

MPLAB X IDE uses a folder to store project information whereas MPLAB IDE v8 uses a .mcp file. Therefore you can only have one MPLAB X IDE project share a folder with an MPLAB IDE v8 project (.mcp file).
Encoding Select the encoding for the project. The default is ISO-8859-1 (Latin 1) character set.

This selection will specify the code syntax coloring, which can be edited under Tools>Options (MPLAB X IDE>Preferences for macOS), Fonts and Colors button, Syntax tab.

When you are done, click Finish to complete new project creation.

Note: You can change a Standalone (Application) project to a Library project by changing the Configuration Type. For details, see Change Project Configuration Type.
Figure 1. Project Wizard – Select Project Name and Folder
Parent topic: Create a New Project