To execute a native Ada application, apply an existing External Tools launch configuration. Note that you can reuse launch configurations indefinitely, unless some aspect of the launch changes. We describe how to create a launch configuration in Creating Native Application Launch Configurations.
Select the launch configuration using the External Tools dialog, which can be invoked using either the Run menu or the External Tools button and selecting the Open External Tools Dialog... entry. The following figure illustrates use of the Run menu:
Using the External Tools button on the button bar is shown in this figure:
The resulting dialog will list all the known launch configurations. Select the intended configuration and press Run.
Execution will commence and any output will appear in a dedicated console in the Console view. You can use the console controls to terminate the execution if required.
Once you have applied a given launch configuration, Eclipse places it into the External Tools menu so it is easy to apply it again. From then on you can launch the application from the menu without having to invoke the External Tools dialog. You may also include the configuration in your "launch favorites" and it will then be available in the menu until you remove it.
For example, the following figure illustrates our Mil-Std-1553 demo launch configuration within the External Tools menu:
