The execution toolbar
Explains the options available on the execution toolbar in the IDE.
The execution toolbar presents a common set of buttons related to executing OPL projects. They are always available, although they may not all be active at the same time.
Move the mouse pointer over these buttons in the IDE to see a tooltip for them. From left to right:
Debug — clicking this button executes the last-executed run configuration and makes the Debug view and its toolbar functions.
Clicking the arrow of this button reveals a drop-down menu of commands that you can use to re-run recently-launched projects (the list at the top), select from a list of the run configurations of the current project (under the Debug As item), or open dialog windows to set up or organize preferred run configurations for debugging:
For information on run status and progress messages, see Run progress messages in the Status Bar.
Run — clicking this button executes the last-executed run configuration, as explained in The Run options section of Introduction to the CPLEX Studio IDE.
Clicking the arrow of this button reveals a drop-down menu of commands that you can use to re-run recently-launched projects (the list at the top), select from a list of the run configurations of the project (under the Run As item as shown below), or open dialog windows to set up or organize preferred run configurations for running:
Browse — clicking this button executes the last-executed run configuration in Browse mode. That is, the project is loaded into memory so that its elements can be browsed using the Problem browser, but without solving it.
Clicking the arrow of this button reveals a drop-down menu of commands that you can use to re-run recently-launched run configurations (the list at the top), select from a list of the run configurations (under the Browse As item as shown below), or open dialog windows to set up or organize preferred run configurations for browsing:
External Tools — clicking this button executes the last-executed launch configuration in background mode. That is, when using this button to run an OPL model in the background, the run configuration is launched using oplrun and solved in the background, and displays the output in its own Console tab in the Output Area as it runs.
You can continue to work editing the same project or a different project while the External Tools run is continuing in the background.
Clicking the arrow of this button reveals a drop-down menu of commands that you can use to re-browse recently-launched projects (the list at the top), select from a list of the run configurations (under the Run As item), or open dialog windows to set up or organize preferred launch configurations for running as background jobs:
For instructions on how to set up launch configurations using the External Tools button, the options available to you, and the Console view in the Output Area where you view output and control the processing of the background process, see Launching OPL run configurations in the background.
Pause/Continue – a toggle button that pauses/continues the current run (only active if a run is in progress).
Abort – cancels the current run (only active if a run is in progress).
For more information, see:
Understanding solving statistics and progress (MP models) and Understanding solving statistics and progress (CP models) in IDE Tutorials.
Using IBM ILOG Script for OPL in IDE Tutorials.
Run, Debug, Browse, and External Tools button options
The default behavior of the Run, Debug, Browse, and External Tools buttons can be configured using the section of the editor:
