BuildScript

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Contents 1 Description 2 Commands 3 Examples 4 Versions

[edit] Description

Used to further automate application builds. The script is simply stored in the project root folder, and can be executed using IDE Script.

[edit] Commands

• NEWDIR $name

 Creates a new directory at the given path.

• MOVE $file $destination

 Moves the file to the destination folder.

• COPY $file $destination

 Copies the file to the destination folder.

• DELETE $file

 Deletes the given file.

• RENAME $file $newname

 Renames the file.

• ZIP $file

 Compresses the given file/folder, and outputs a ZIP archive.

• RUN $file

 Launches the given file.

• SHELL $command

 Executes a shell command.

[edit] Examples

The following script creates a folder called "TextEditor", moves the newly built application to the folder, and compresses it into a ZIP file.

 NEWDIR TextEditor
 MOVE TextEditor.exe /TextEditor/
 ZIP TextEditor

This IDE script opens the texteditor project, builds a windows version, and executes the build script.

 // put the project path here
 Const ProjectPath = "\Projects\TextEditor\"
 Const ProjectFile = "TextEditor.rbp"
 
 // open the project
 OpenFile(ProjectPath+ProjectFile)
 
 // build the application
 DoCommand "BuildApp"
 
 // run the build script
 call DoShellCommand(""""+ProjectPath+"run.exe"" -r """+ProjectPath+"build""")

[edit] Versions

• Version 1.0
  • Windows
    • The windows version should work for all platforms with some small modifications.
  • Mac
  • Linux

Note: You may need to run the build.rbs file twice the first time you want to build a release.