# C/C++ Properties, Build, Settings, Build Artifact tab

Use the Build Artifacts properties tab to specify build artifact information, such as the type and name, that gets built by the selected build configuration.

Build artifact options
Group | Description
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Configuration | Click here for a description.
Manage Configurations... | Click here for a description.
Artifact Type | Show the type for the selected artifact. Select an artifact type that is built by the currently selected build configuration (such as an Executable, Static library, and Shared library).
Artifact name | Indicates the name of artifact. By default, the name is the same as project name.
Artifact extension | Specifies the file extension for the specified artifact type.
Output prefix | Indicates a prefix that you want to prepend to the output results.

Available for: CDT projects.

- Project Properties, Resource page
- Project Properties, common C/C++ Configurations handling
  - Manage Configurations dialog
  - Create Configuration dialog
  - Rename Configuration dialog
- Project Properties, C/C++ General category
  - Documentation page
  - Export Settings page
  - File Types page
  - Indexer page
  - Language Mapping page
  - C/C++ Project Properties, Project References page
  - C/C++ Project Properties, Run/Debug Settings page