Consider expanding programmatic modification of the Build Process. There is already an Idea here to allow the Pre-Build Action to set the Version Specification before the Build Process (it happens during the Build process, after the before-the-change Version Specification has been cached and used in the Build). However, other Specifications in the Build Spec would be very useful to be able to specify in a (true) Pre-Build Action.
- Target Filename (low priority)
- Destination Directory (I like to put Builds in Public Documents, but the Public Document folder can "move", though LabVIEW's Get System Directory can find it, so I could "pre-build" a path specific to the given PC)
- Build Specification Description (allows the user to include version-specific or Build-Time text)
- Version Information (in addition to Version Number, before being used, the other Fields might be useful).
I've noticed references on the Web to automated Builds, and know there are Build VIs that will do a Build. I also know there are a set of "barely-documented" APIs that some have used for this purpose, but I don't know (other than the Set Version Specification, which doesn't work as I expected in a Pre-Build Action) of others. I don't especially want to poke around inside the Project's XML file -- can we consider adding some other "Pre-Build" Set functions? Could (for example) some of these "Build Properties" be set with a Property Node? Maybe this functionality is already there and I've not found it ...
Bob Schor