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Each branch of the Solution Explorer had a set of popup menu items that pertain to that particular area. Many of these items are also available through the IDE Main Menu. Below is a summary of these pop up menu items

**The Solution Branch**

| **Build Solution** | Builds the active solution. The **Build Solution** option compiles only those project files and components that have changed since the last build. |
| **Rebuild Solution** | The **Rebuild Solution** option builds all project files and components irrespective of the changes made to them. |
| **Clean Solution** | Deletes all files from the target project folders. This action uses an XML based "FileList" that was generated by the first Build activity. If you attempt to clean a solution that has never been built, you will receive a project warning that it could not be cleaned. |
| **Add > New Project** | Used to add a new project to the existing solution. Opens the IDE New Project dialog |
| **Add > Existing Project** | Used to add an existing project to the Solution tree. Opens a filtered File Dialog window with valid projects displayed. Valid project may be in current MSBuild format, or legacy project files used in prior version of Clarion. |
| **Add > Item** | Used to add any item to the current Solution tree. Opens a generic File Dialog window listing all files. |
| **Add > New Solution Folder** | Used to add a new folder to the current solution. Examples of Items stored in this folder might be documentation or other references that are not directly a part of the Build process. |
| **Paste** | Used to Paste other Projects to the target Solution |
| **Rename** | Used to rename the current Solution. You can make your solution more descriptive if needed. |
| **Properties** | Opens the Properties Pad. In the Solution branch, this list is empty. |
| **Edit Project Dependencies** | Opens the Project Dependency Editor, which allows you to add and remove project dependencies. |

**The Project Branch**

Every solution must have at least one project branch. In the case of multi-DLL projects, there is usually more than one.

| **Build/Rebuild/Clean** | Similar in function to the Solution options discussed above, but focuses only on the current project selected. |
| **Add > New Item** | Opens the **Add File** dialog, where you can add a Program MEMBER, a main PROGRAM or Stand Alone MEMBER file. |
| **Add > Existing Item** | Used to add existing files to the target project |
| **Add > File Driver** | Opens the **Select File Drivers to include'** dialog, where you can add new File Driver libraries to the active project. |
| **Add > Libraries, Objects and Resources** | Opens the **File Dialog** window, where you can add any file, including //Library and Object// Files, //Icon// Files, //Cursor// Files, //Image//, //Manifest//, and //Version Resource// files. |
| **Add > Referenced Projects** | Opens the **Add Reference** dialog, used to add additional projects that are referenced by the selected project. This feature is essential for multi-DLL projects to resolve the project references. |
| **Run Project** | Runs the active project, if applicable. Target must be an executable. |
| **Debug Project** | Runs the active project in Debug mode, if applicable. Target must be an executable. Invokes the Clarion Win32 Debugger. |
| **Set as StartUp Project** | Sets the project as the one the IDE will execute when you click the Run button. Your solution may have more then one target executable project. |
| **Remove** | Removes the selected project from the active solution |
| **Open File using Redirection File** | Using the active redirection file (set by the active version), enter a file name to load (open). |
| **Edit Redirection File** | Opens the current redirection file that is referenced by the active product version setting. |
| **Create Redirection File in the project directory** | Create a new local copy of the version redirection file in the project directory. Commonly known as a local RED file. |
| **Properties** | Opens the Project Options dialog |

**File Drivers**

| **Add File Driver** | Opens the **Select File Drivers to include'** dialog |
| **Remove** | Used to remove any file driver in the project that is not needed. |

**Libraries, Objects and Resources**

There is only a single option here to Add additional libraries, objects or other resources as needed

**Projects to include**

There is only a single option here to Add additional projects elements as needed.

**Referenced Projects**

There is a single option to open the **Add Reference** dialog, in which you can multi select and add multiple projects in one session. All references are automatically resolved by the Project System.

**Source File Branch**

There are usually multiple source files displayed for each project. For each file displayed, right click for the following popup options.

| **Open** | Opens the selected file into the IDE Source Editor. You can also double-click on the source file to open it. |
| **Add** | Displays the same sub-menu as the **Add** menu for the Project Branch. Items added here are added to the entire Project. |
| **Exclude from Project** | Excludes the selected file from the Build process. |
| **Rename/Delete** | Rename or permanently delete the selected source file |
| **Properties** | Open the **Properties Pad** with pertinent project information regarding the selected source file. |