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This is the feedback from SunStudio blitz. After the user created a C/C++ application, he clicked on the "Source" menu bar and expecting to access the source files which are associated with the project he just created. Perhaps "Source" can be rename to something more related to its intended functionalities.
This is a standard netbeans menu, so an issue to change it in cnd is invalid (its not part of cnd). You have 2 choices: First, you could file an IZ on core and try and get netbeans to change this (although I would not expect you'd have much chance of success with this IZ). Your other choice would be to file a CR on Sun Studio to rebrand the menu. My immediate choice (if assigned that CR) would still be to close as will-not-fix. However, util sun studio has a clear statement of how closely it matches or diverges from netbeans, its really impossible to prioritize that CR. Note that in Sun Studio the menu may change without any special action on our part. This would due to disabling various modules which are enabled by default in NetBeans. It may also be that we (the ss and/or cnd teams) should add some menu items to this menu to make it a better fit for C/C++ development (we really haven't ever looked at it).
I should also add that looking at the Source menu in NetBeans, the 1st 3 items don't make sense in C/C++. I would guess that if the Java modules were turned off they would probably disappear. At the least, I'd guess they wouldn't be enabled. The 2nd and 3rd groups on the menu are all valid for C/C++ and IMHO aptly named.
There should be some place when menu items that work with source reside. In future versions we'll surely have more code assistance and more corresponding actions. "Source" menu seems to be quite natural place for such items. I believe expecting that Source menu item (or any other menu item) access source files which are associated with the project isn't very typical. I used different IDEs (several for C/C++ and several for Java) during last 15 years. Neither of these IDEs used "Source" menu item or any menu item for this purpose. Usually some kind of explorer is used for this purposes.