<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Selecting an application to run or debug</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../help.css"> </head> <body> <div role="main"><h1>Selecting an application to run or debug</h1> <p>You need to specify the project or program that you want to run or debug for this run configuration.</p> <p>To select an application to run:</p> <ol> <li>In the C/C++ Projects view, select a project.</li> <li>Click <strong>Run > Run</strong> or <strong>Run > Debug</strong>.</li> <li>In the <strong>Configurations</strong> box, expand <strong>C/C++ Local</strong>.</li> <li>Select a run or debug configuration.</li> <li>Click the <strong>Main</strong> tab.<br> <img src="../images/run_config.png" alt="Run Configuration Window"> </li> <li>Do the following: <ul><li>In the <strong>Name</strong> box, type a descriptive name for this new a descriptive name for this launch configuration.</li> <li>In the <strong>Project</strong> box, type the name of the project containing the application that you want to run.</li> <li>In the <strong>C/C++ Application</strong> box, type the name of the executable that you want to run.</li> </ul></li> <li>Click <strong>Run</strong> or do the following, as required:<ul><li>To specify the execution arguments that an application uses, and to specify the working directory for a run configuration, see <a href="cdt_t_run_arg.htm">Specifying execution arguments</a>.</li><li>To set the environment variables and values to use when an application runs, see <a href="cdt_t_run_env.htm"> Setting environment variables</a></li> <li>To select a debugger to use when debugging an application, see <a href="cdt_t_run_dbg.htm">Selecting a debugger</a></li> <li>To specify the location of source files used when debugging a C or C++ application, see <a href="cdt_t_run_source.htm">Specifying the location of source files</a></li> <li>To specify where the run configuration is stored, how you access it and the perspective to open when running an application, see <a href="cdt_t_run_com.htm">Specifying the location of the run configuration</a></li></ul> </ol> <p><img src="../images/ngconcepts.gif" ALT="Related concepts" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="../concepts/cdt_c_projects.htm">C/C++ projects</a><br> <a href="../concepts/cdt_c_proj_file_views.htm">Project file views</a></p> <p><img src="../images/ngtasks.gif" ALT="Related tasks" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="cdt_o_run_config.htm">Creating or editing a run configuration</a></p> <p><img src="../images/ngref.gif" ALT="Related reference" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="../reference/cdt_o_run_dbg_pages.htm">Run and Debug dialog box</a></p> <img src="../images/ng00_04a.gif" ALT="IBM Copyright Statement" > </div></body> </html>