{"id":51,"date":"2014-09-18T12:08:59","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T12:08:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-06-04T20:49:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T03:49:00","slug":"build-automator-2014-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icetips.com\/blog_wp\/2014\/09\/18\/build-automator-2014-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Build Automator 2014 released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buildautomator.com\/images\/BA2014-550w.png\" alt=\"Build Automator 2014\" width=\"450\" height=\"94\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have released\u00a0<strong>Build Automator 2014 build 4.9.1325<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The update can be downloaded from our website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icetips.com\/download.php\">http:\/\/www.buildautomator.com\/download.php<\/a>\u00a0or by using the \"Check for Updates\" option under the Help menu in the program.<\/p>\n<p>There are several new features in this build, but there are also a lot of fixes behind the scene that make the program more stable than it has ever been.\u00a0 The new feature list includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full support for Clarion 9 and 9.1<\/li>\n<li>Full support for Setup Builder 8.1<\/li>\n<li>Support for Code generation before build in Clarion 8, 9 and 9.1<\/li>\n<li>Improvements in copy\/paste and several fixes to synchronization in the project window<\/li>\n<li>File and folder Drag &amp; Drop support in actions<\/li>\n<li>External text files can now be included in the \"Write text to file\" action<\/li>\n<li>Programs can be forced to run elevated (will prompt for administrator access)<\/li>\n<li>Environment variables fully supported in scripts<\/li>\n<li>Search locators make finding projects and variables easy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In previous builds there was a bug in the system that could sometimes lead to the wrong action being loaded, copy\/paste being fragile, duplicating the wrong action item and so on.\u00a0 This should be completely fixed now.\u00a0 For more detailed list of<strong>new features and fixes<\/strong>\u00a0please check out the version history page at<a title=\"Build Automator Version History\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icetips.com\/blog\/%20http:\/www.buildautomator.com\/onlinemanual\/version_history.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.buildautomator.com\/onlinemanual\/version_history.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the major new feature is the updated MS-Build action which you use for Clarion compiles.\u00a0 It fully supports all versions of the Clarion IDE, from Clarion 7 to Clarion 9.1.\u00a0 It now also\u00a0<strong>supports code generation<\/strong>\u00a0in Clarion 8-9.1.\u00a0 Code generation was not possible in Clarion 7.\u00a0 There is one caveat that I don't have any solution for:\u00a0 Softvelocity does not allow Clarion Professional to generate code with their ClarionCL.exe, which is the tool we use to generate code.\u00a0 This is unfortunate as it limits the usefulness of this feature, but never the less, it is an important update for us.<\/p>\n<p>Another feature that I want to highlight is the option to\u00a0<strong>include external text files<\/strong>in the \"Write text to File\" action.\u00a0 This allows you to generate files that include data from other sources.\u00a0 For example I have started using this to generate the export list for templates that need it.\u00a0 I generate the export list with an external tool, then write template code to a text file which has an Include statement which includes the export list.\u00a0 End result is a template file completely generated by Build Automator!\u00a0 How cool is that?!<\/p>\n<p><em>Arnor Baldvinsson<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_51\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"51\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icetips.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 We have released\u00a0Build Automator 2014 build 4.9.1325 The update can be downloaded from our website at\u00a0http:\/\/www.buildautomator.com\/download.php\u00a0or by using the \"Check for Updates\" option under the Help menu in the program. 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