Using the Group Project Attributes dialog

The Group Attributes dialog is an expanded Project Attributes dialog that lets you set the project attributes of multiple projects listed in the Project Editor's Project Tree. In this section, you will learn how to use the Group Attributes dialog.

Start SNiFF+ and open the root project of all the projects whose attributes you want to modify.
After the project is loaded, you should see the project and its subprojects in the Project Tree of the Project Editor.
Check out the Project Description Files (PDFs) of all the projects whose attributes you want to modify.
In the Project Tree, checkmark these projects.
Choose Project > Attributes of Checkmarked Projects....
The Group Project Attributes dialog appears. The projects checkmarked in the Project Editor are listed in hierarchical order in the dialog's Project List.
Notice that the topmost project in the Project List is selected. In the Group Attributes dialog, you modify the attributes of the project selected in the Project List and apply these attributes to the other projects.
If you want to select another project in the Project List, do so now.

Setting attributes in the Group Project Attributes dialog
Like the Project Attributes dialog, the Group Project Attributes dialog groups project attributes into 5 main views:

- General
- Build Options
- Parser
- Version Control System
- File Types

Here's what the General view looks like:

To set all project attributes except for File Types attributes

Select the appropriate node.
Decide which attributes you want to set and apply to all the projects in the Project List.
Set these attributes. To apply the settings to all the projects, for each attribute you set, select the Global Attribute check box to its right.
Press the Set All button.
The attributes now apply to all the projects checkmarked in the Project Tree. SNiFF+ now indicates that these projects have been modified.
To modify other project attributes, select the appropriate node and complete the same steps as above in that view.
Press Ok to close the Group Project Attributes dialog.
Save all modified projects.

To set File Types attributes

Select the File Types node.

2. If you want to add an existing file type to all projects in the Project List:
   - Press the Show All button.
   - In the File Types List, select the file type that you want to add. File types that aren't already part of the project appear in italics.
   - Press the Add File Type button.
   - Select the Add check box.
3. If you want to create a new file type and add it to all the projects in the Project List:
   - Select a file type in the File Types List whose attributes most closely match the new file type's attributes and press the New... button.
   - In the dialog that appears, give the new file type a name and press the Ok button.
   - Set the new file type's attributes.
   - Select the Add check box.
4. If you want to delete an existing file type from all the projects in the Project List:
   - Select the file type in the File Types List.
   - Select the Delete check box.
5. If you want to modify the attributes of the same file type in all the projects in the Project List:
   - Select the file type in the File Types List.
   - Modify the file type's attributes.
   - Select the Replace check box to apply the file type's attribute to all the projects in the Project List.
6. Press the Set All button.
   The attributes you've modified now apply to all the projects checkmarked in the Project Tree. SNiFF+ now indicates that these projects have been modified.
7. Press Ok to close the Group Project Attributes dialog.
8. Save all modified projects.