@PeterJones
OK. I get the picture now. Although notepad++ has many features - great editing and the ability to run external programs - it lacks the ability to handle projects properly.
The ability to have $(CURRENT_PROJECT_FILE) and $(CURRENT_PROJECT_NAME) is all it would take.
Although notepad++ is my editor of choice I will just have to ‘bite the bullet’ and carry on as I currently do. I manually create a file containing the file list and compile that.
I can currently do what I require by creating the panel information file in my data directory with the extension npp then looking for this file in the current addressed directory. Only one project/directory allowed.