Set generated file properties

Most categories of generated files have properties that you can change. The properties appear in the Generate DataBlade dialog box Properties grid when you select a category in the file tree.

The following table lists the properties of the generated file categories, their default values, categories to which they belong, and a brief description of each.
Table 1. Properties of the generated file categories
Property Default value Category Description
Format DOS Generate DataBlade® The format of the generated files:
  • DOS: text lines end with a carriage return/linefeed pair.
  • UNIX™: text lines end with a linefeed character.
Merge True Generate DataBlade Whether to merge custom changes from previous source code files into the new files or to overwrite existing files.

See Merge changes in source code and unit test files for more information.

Directory install

src

scripts

functest

Packaging

Source

SQL

Tests

The name of the directory that receives the generated files from each category. The path is relative to the directory that contains the project file.
Logging False Source Whether to generate logging information.
Tracing False Source Whether to add tracing to your generated source code.

See Tracing and error handling for more information.

MMX False C Whether to allow Intel™ MMX media enhancement technology in your DataBlade module.

If you change the value to True, BladeSmith generates the Gen_IsMMXMachine() function to check for an Intel MMX processor. See The Gen_IsMMXMachine() utility function for more information.