This file located at 123basic.app/Target/settings.xml tells the compiler what to do with the compiled code, so any target specific stuff.

This is the root node which contains multiple <target> tags.

The <header> tag adds a header to the compiled source. This is a file that is included to the beginning of every 123basic project.

The <target> tag introduces a new target to the compiler. This tag may contain <template>, <lib>, <extension>, <file> or <action> tags.

Attributes:

• name attribute is the internal name of that target. With this parameter the compiler knows which target it has to compile when it is launched
• lang attrribute specifies the backend that is used when compiling. Currently there is only JS fully working (cs for C# and vm for the virtual machine do not fully support the language)

The <template> tag is the "exe" file which will be run when finished. $GFX_WIDTH and $GFX_HEIGHT is replaced with the respective set width and height in the configuration file.

Attributes:

• path specifies the path to the template, base path is 123basic.app/TARGETNAME
• name The name of the created file in the compiled project
• mode Depending on the current compilation mode (console mode/2d mode/3d mode) different templates may be used. Only if the current mode is in this attribute included it is active.

The <lib> tag embeds a new library into the source code (which may be a js file or cs file or whatever, it is simply put into the resulting file).

Attributes:

• path specifies the path to the library, base path is the path of the current compiled project.
• mode Depending on the current compilation mode (console mode/2d mode/3d mode) different libraries may be used. Only if the current mode is in this attribute included it is active.

The <extension> tag specified what should happen with certain file extensions in the project. Some files need to be converted into a certain file format, others ignored

Attributes:

• name Specifies which extension this rule should apply to.
• action Specifies what should be done. Possible values are: ignore (ignores the file), warning (emits a compiler warning stating that this file extension is not supported), mp3 (converts this file to a mp3 file), ogg (converts this file to an ogg file)

The <file> tag specified what should happen with certain file names in the project. Some files need to be converted into a certain file format, others ignored

Attributes:

• name Specifies which file this rule should apply to.
• action Specifies what should be done. Possible values are: ignore (ignores the file), warning (emits a compiler warning stating that this file extension is not supported), mp3 (converts this file to a mp3 file), ogg (converts this file to an ogg file)

The <action> tag specifies what commands should be executed after compilation was successful. There are multiple possible action types:

• embeddata Embeds all the necessary meta data into the meta data file (DIR_STRUCTURE)
• appbeforelibs Insert all libraries into the generated file
• optimize Optimizes code with a given optimizer (name), currently only closure for Google Closure is supported
• save Saves the generated code into the target directory under name (base path is project directory)
• insertfont inserts smalfont.png file into the project directory
• run Runs a command in the command line