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IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm 10.10.x

IAR Embedded Workbench IDE window

In this section:

What do you want to do?

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The main window of the IDE is displayed when you launch the IDE.

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The figure shows the window and its default layout.

Menu bar

The menu bar contains:

File

Commands for opening source and project files, saving and printing, and exiting from the IDE.

Edit

Commands for editing and searching in editor windows and for enabling and disabling breakpoints in C-SPY.

View

Commands for opening windows and controlling which toolbars to display.

Project

Commands for adding files to a project, creating groups, and running the IAR tools on the current project.

Debug

Commands for debugging the current project and downloading your application to the target device.

Simulator

Commands specific for the C-SPY simulator. This menu is only available when you have selected the simulator driver in the Options dialog box.

C-SPY hardware driver

Commands specific for the C-SPY hardware debugger driver you are using, in other words, the C-SPY driver that you have selected in the Options dialog box. For some IAR Embedded Workbench products, the name of the menu reflects the name of the C-SPY driver you are using and for others, the name of the menu is Emulator.

Tools

User-configurable menu to which you can add tools for use with the IDE.

Window

Commands for manipulating the IDE windows and changing their arrangement on the screen.

Help

Commands that provide help about the IDE.

For more information about each menu, see Menus.

Toolbar

The buttons on the IDE toolbar provide shortcuts for the most useful commands on the IDE menus, and a text box for typing a string to do a quick search. For information about how to add and remove commands on the toolbars, see Using and customizing the IDE.

For a description of any command, point to it with the mouse pointer. When a command is not available, the corresponding toolbar button is dimmed, and you will not be able to click it.

The toolbars are dockable—drag and drop to rearrange them.

Note

When you start C-SPY, the Download and Debug button will change to a Make and Restart Debugger button, and the Debug without Downloading will change to a Restart Debugger button.

Status bar

The status bar at the bottom of the window can be enabled from the View menu.

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The status bar displays:

  • Status messages

  • Build progress bar

  • The number of errors and warnings generated during a build

  • The position of the insertion point in the editor window. When you edit, the status bar shows the current line and column number containing the insertion point.

  • The character encoding

  • The state of the modifier keys Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Overwrite.

  • If your product package is available in more languages than English, a three-letter label in the corner shows the language version you are using. Click to change the language. The change will take force the next time you launch the IDE.