Creating a New OpenCL™ Project from OpenCL Project Template for Windows*

NOTE

This feature is available with Microsoft Visual Studio* 2015 only.

To create an OpenCL™ template project for Windows* platforms in Microsoft Visual Studio* IDE, do the following:

  1. Go to File > New > Project...
  2. Select OpenCL templates from the Templates tree view.
  3. Select Code Builder Project for Windows.

  4. Fill the Name, Location, and Solution name fields and click OK.
  5. In the Code Builder wizard for OpenCL API dialog, you can select the basic settings for the behavior of the OpenCL application and kernel. The parameters that can be set are platform name, device type, kernel type (images or buffer manipulation), build options, and local work group size behavior. Each field has a short tool-tip explanation.

  6. Click Finish to create the default template project or click Next to open the Advanced Settings screen enabling you to set some advanced options like whether to enable profiling queue and the kernel's arguments memory source type. For CPU device type, you can also set the out-of-order execution mode and debug mode for the kernel.

    Welcome page, advanced settings pane

  7. Click Finish to create the default template project or click Previous to return the Basic Settings screen.