A user-defined project is a collection of source files, library files, and other input files. You can organize the files in a project in different ways to provide a logical structure to your source.

It is recommended that you decide the best way to organize your user-defined project files before using the RealView Debugger project management options. How projects are organized affects the extent to which files can be shared between developers.

When you create a user-defined project, you specify the project name and the project base directory (see Creating a new user-defined project). The source files used in the project do not have to be in the project base directory but can be located elsewhere and are referred to using relative pathnames, where possible.

RealView Debugger generates a warning message when projects are not self-contained so that you can decide to cancel an operation or continue. In general, keeping source files together within the project base directory, and any subdirectories, is the preferred option for single-user projects.

When working with projects and making changes, additional files are created, for example safety backup files.