How could you?

I've been using the MaxIDE for all this time and no-one told me about 'Lock Build File".

How could you all do this to me all this time?! Its the simplest thing, but so useful. Going to save me hundreds of clicks.

damn.. he found out :(

Lock build file, eh?
Whatdoes it do whatdoes it do?!

It tells the IDE that "this file is the one to compile and run!"

Since my code is using multiple files I'm constantly making changes to the include files and having to click on the main one to compile the changes. With this lock build file I can simply choose the file to always compile, then I dont have to click on the main file to compile my changes any more.

I never knew this command existed - I was hoping for such a command when working across multiple source files for Max'dGUI.

Thanks for sharing...

Yeah it's totally essential on multi-file project. Bplus did not have this and coding stuff in it was a real pain so I got Protean. Anyway now for BMax I use the standard IDE and I have about 6 files open at once.

OMG! this saves a lot of hassle. I wonder how long it will take me to stop habitually clicking main.bmx before presing f5.

Yeah I was doing that too, didnt know there was a better solution until I accidently turned on lock build file by randomly pressing keys in frustration.

I guess we expected you to read the docs. ;op

Ppft docs, I dont need them!!? Hey... so thats what an int is.

ROFLMAO, you ppz really didn't know this? :P :P

Hey! This is great! Why the hell was this feature obscured for so long?

I've just been made a little happier.

That's handy! Didn't now about that either.

I don't have Blitz Max and even I think this is great news!! :)

Now if only the IDE would allow me to stop a program at any point during debugging so I can see where it is and step from there.

I even tell people in my initial framework email to use Lock Build File so Steve you've got no excuse ;-)

Swift. I concur. Furthermore when it's running you ought to be able to set a breakpoint line and have it stop on that exact line the next time it hits it.

Oh God, I've forgotten how useful that was! I used it all the
time back in my Qbasic days. Ctrl-Pause. Marvellously useful.

I'm sure you did Grey. :-P