<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Assigning a C or C++ nature to a project</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../help.css"> </head> <body> <h1>Assigning a C or C++ nature to a project</h1> <p>You can assign a C nature to a C++ file or vice versa.</p> <p>To assign a C or C++ nature to a project</p> <ol> <li>Click <b>File > New > Other</b>.</li> <li>Click <b>C</b> or <b>C++</b>.</li> <li>Click <b>Convert to Make Project</b>.</li> <li>Click <b>Next</b>.</li> <li>In the Candidates for conversion list, select the projects to convert.</li> <li>In the Convert to C or C++ box, click <b>C Project</b> or <b>C++ Project</b>.</li> <li>Click <b>Finish</b>. </li> </ol> <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngconcepts.gif" ALT="Related concepts" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="../concepts/cdt_c_projects.htm">CDT Projects</a><br> <a href="../concepts/cdt_c_proj_file_views.htm">Project file views</a> </p> <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngtasks.gif" ALT="Related tasks" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="cdt_o_proj_prop.htm">Defining project properties</a><br> <a href="cdt_o_write_code.htm">Writing code</a></p> <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngref.gif" ALT="Related reference" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="../reference/cdt_o_proj_prop_pages.htm">Project properties</a></p> <img src="../images/ng03_04.gif" ALT="IBM Copyright Statement" BORDER=0 width="324" height="14"> </body> </html>