Fixing Build Errors

Related Topics:

Examining Multiple Build Jobs

When a build fails, the build errors display with the rest of the build output in the Building Window. The location of the error is underlined and highlighted to denote a hypertext link to the location of the error in a source file. Each error gives the name of the file containing the error, the line number on which the error occurs, and the error message. Clicking on the underscored error in the Building window starts a text editor that displays the source file containing the error.

If a compiler error occurs during the building of a Fortran, C, or C++ program, the error line contains an information icon. Click on the icon to open a pop-up window displaying a definition of the associated error message.

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Note - Only Sun compilers produce output that can be converted to hypertext links. If the command you use does not call Sun compilers, you mightnot have links to the source files from the build errors listed in the Building window.

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To fix an error:

1. Click on a highlighted error in the Build Output Display Pane.

The editor window opens displaying the source file containing the error with the cursor positioned at the error line. Yellow highlighting indicates the current error (see Colored Highlighting for the meaning of text editor display pane colors). The message area of the editor also displays the error message.

2. Edit the source file containing the error.

3. Save the source file.

4. To view another error, choose Navigate Next Error or Previous Error, or scroll through the matches in the build output and click on the match you want.

5. Click the Build button in the editor window or the Building window to rebuild the program.