Manipulating multiple projects at the same time

Manipulating options of multiple projects in a workspace or targets by hand is a tedious process. There exists a contributed plugin called Project Options Manipulator that helps to change multiple options and properties of build targets or projects.

Changing custom variables

This section shows how to change a custom variable named WX_CONFIG for the whole codeblocks workspace from 30 to 31:

Start the plugin with Plugins->Project options manipulator

1. Activate Scan within:Workspace to search for the custom variable on the whole workspace
2. Select Operation: Change option
3. Enter the name of the variable WX_CONFIG in the Search item: Option/Var field
4. Select the scope to Custom var and write the new value 31 in the text field
5. Search at projects and targets: Select 'Search for option: At project and target level
6. Hit ok
7. Follow the instructions