5.1.7 Step 6: Select Project Name and Folder

Figure 5-6. Project Wizard – Select Project Name and Folder

In the dialog above, a dsPIC dual core main project is specified. Click Add Project to proceed to the next dialog to set up and specify the dual core secondary project. Then click Finish to create both projects.


Project Name	Enter the project name. The name will be appended with .X by convention. See the Project Folder text box.
Project Location	Browse to a folder location. You can create a new project folder if you need one. By default, projects will be placed in: Windows 10 and newer – C:\Users\UserName\MPLABXProjects Linux – /home/UserName/MPLABXProjects Mac – /Users/UserName/MPLABXProjects
Project Folder	The project folder consists of the project location (path) and project name.
Overwrite existing project	If the Project Folder matches an existing project folder, this selection will become active. Check to overwrite the existing project with the new project. Uncheck to display a warning and not allow project completion until a new project folder - project name and/or location - has been selected.
Also delete sources	If Overwrite existing project is checked, this selection will become active. Check to delete previous project’s source files. Uncheck to leave previous project’s source files.
Set as main project	Specify this project as your main project
Open MCC on Finish	Open project in MPLAB Code Configurator when created.
Use project location as the project folder	Create the project in the same folder as the project location. This is useful if you are importing an MPLAB IDE v8 project and want to maintain the same folder for your MPLAB X IDE project (as when you want the build to be the same). MPLAB X IDE uses a folder to store project information whereas MPLAB IDE v8 uses a `.mcp` file. Therefore you can only have one MPLAB X IDE project share a folder with an MPLAB IDE v8 project (`.mcp` file).
Encoding	Select the encoding for the project. The default is ISO-8859-1 (Latin 1) character set. 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.
Add Project	If your project will require another project for Application development, click Add Project to proceed to the next dialog. Use this dialog when you need to create two projects as, for example: Bootloader and application Dual-Core devices - Main and Secondary (shown in the figure above)
Finish	If your project is a standalone Application, click Finish to complete new project creation.

Note: You can change an Application project to a Library project by changing the Configuration Type. For details, see 5.11.1 Change Project Configuration Type.