Designating The System's Master Source Code File; Compiling Source Code Files - AMX NETLINX STUDIO V2.4 Instruction Manual

Working With Systems and System Files
The file that was replaced with the new file revision will not be deleted from your hard
drive.
The program will insert the file revision information specified here at the top of the source code
file, before any other revision information that already exists in the file (if any exists). The example
below shows file revision information, as it appears in the source code file after two revision have
been saved:
FIG. 9 File Revisions example

Designating The System's Master Source Code File

Each System must have a Master Source Code file, and only one Source Code file in the System
can be designated as the Master Source.
There are two possible ways to designate the Master Source Code file for a System:

Compiling Source Code Files

There are several ways to compile individual Source Code files:
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You can designate a Source Code file as the Master Source at the time that it is added to
the System, via the Master File option in the File Properties dialog.
Alternatively, you can designate any Source Code file in the System as the Master Source
by right-clicking on a Source Code file (in the Workspace tab of the Workspace
Window), and selecting Set As Master from the Source Code File context menu.
Right-click on a Source Code file (in the Workspace tab of the Workspace Window), and
select Compile from the Source Code File context menu.
In the Build menu, select Compile <filename.AXS>.
In this case, the Update Name With Revision Text
option was enabled, as is indicated by the "Rev2 "
that follows the comma delimiter in the
PROGRAM_NAME line.
NetLinx Studio (v2.4 or higher)