“Projects” are the cornerstone of the Windows Development Environment. A project is a file that references all the source files and libraries that make up a program, as well as the compiler and linker commands that build the program. (A project file is similar to a makefile.) Projects speed development by automating the build process.
Instead of using complex commands, you use menus and options from the Development Environment's dialog boxes to open and work with projects. You create a new project and specify the source files, resource files, libraries, and other files included with the program. Then you set compiler and linker options and build the program.
For complete information and advice about projects, see Chapter 3, “Using Projects.”