TMS570LS1227: Setting Pin Directions as Output at Halcogen

Hi I am a newbie. 

I am trying to blink a LED. I used Halcogen example and i see its working. 

But i want to use Halcogen for setting hetPORT1 as output instead of  gioSetDirection(hetPORT1, 0xFFFFFFFF) command. 

What steps should I take in Halcogen to not use gioSetDirection command in code?

My code is here and its Halcogen example code. 

/* Include Files */

#include "sys_common.h"
#include "system.h"

/* USER CODE BEGIN (1) */
/* Include FreeRTOS scheduler files */
#include "FreeRTOS.h"
#include "os_task.h"

/* Include HET header file - types, definitions and function declarations for system driver */
#include "het.h"
#include "gio.h"

/* Define Task Handles */
xTaskHandle xTask1Handle;

/* Task1 */
void vTask1(void *pvParameters)
{
    for(;;)
    {
        /* Taggle HET[1] with timer tick */
        gioSetBit(hetPORT1, 17, gioGetBit(hetPORT1, 17) ^ 1);
        vTaskDelay(100);
    }   
}
/* USER CODE END */


/* USER CODE BEGIN (2) */
/* USER CODE END */


void main(void)
{
/* USER CODE BEGIN (3) */
    
    /* Set high end timer GIO port hetPort pin direction to all output */
    gioSetDirection(hetPORT1, 0xFFFFFFFF);  // Don't want to use this command


    /* Create Task 1 */
    if (xTaskCreate(vTask1,"Task1", configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE, NULL, 1, &xTask1Handle) != pdTRUE)
    {
        /* Task could not be created */
        while(1);
    }

    /* Start Scheduler */
    vTaskStartScheduler();

    /* Run forever */
    while(1);
/* USER CODE END */
}