Modify Project Folders and Encoding

When you created your project, you specified the project folder and encoding. Once the project is created, you may add or ignore project folders and change the project encoding using the “General” category in the Project Properties window.

Figure 1. Project Properties – General

Project Location

View the current project location. See Moving, Copying or Renaming a Project to change the project location.

Source Folders

Add folders for MPLAB X IDE to search when looking for project files.

Note: Adding files outside the project folder may make the project less portable.

Ignored Folders Pattern

Ignore folders in the project folder according to the regular expression pattern specified.

Example: Exclude folder src5

To exclude the src5 folder and its contents from the project, enter the following regular expression in the “Ignored Folders Pattern” text box:

^(src5|nbproject|build|test)$

View the Projects window to see no src5 folder. View the Files window to see it does exist, but has been excluded.

Figure 2. Exclude Folder from Project

When the project is built, ensure that there is no mention of the src5 folder or scr5.c file contained in the Build tab of the Output Window.

Macro

Enter a path to source files to be used in the “Add Existing Items” selection dialog to link to those specified source files.

Example: MPLAB Harmony Files

Select a path to MPLAB Harmony source files.

Figure 3. Enter Path to be Used for Macro

Go to the Projects window, right click on the “Source Files” folder and select one of the options for “Add Existing Items.” In the dialog is an option to choose files from the Macro. Hover over “Relative to Macro” to see macro value.

Figure 4. Choose to Select Files from Macro

Encoding

Change the project encoding. 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.