This tab of the Transform XML Log action specifies information about the file to be processed.

 

 

Input file: The source XML log file or document to process (required).  This can be a Visual Build Pro XML log file or any other valid XML document.

 

Close input log file XML tags: If checked, any missing step, build, or log elements are added to the input file before processing to ensure that it is a valid XML file.  The changes are made on a copy of the input file so that the original log file is not affected, and the XSLT stylesheet (if specified) is then applied to the copy.

 

XSLT stylesheet: The XSLT stylesheet to apply to the document (optional).  Leave blank if no stylesheet should be applied (to close the XML log tags on the log file).  Some default XSLT stylesheets are provided in the Style subfolder of the installation path:

 

Also, any valid stylesheet can be specified (although in order for filtering of log output to function correctly, the stylesheet's param tags must be supplied and used in the same manner as the default stylesheets).

 

Note: The default stylesheets can be modified by the user (to change the document layout, fonts, colors, etc.), but any changes should be saved under a different filename, since the default stylesheets will be overwritten when updates to Visual Build Pro are installed or if it is re-installed.

 

Include nested (chained) build steps: Determines whether step output for nested builds will be included in the HTML report.

 

Output file: The destination filename to generate (required).

 

Note: To make the XML or HTML build log file accessible to other users, simply map an IIS or other web server virtual directory to the path containing the log or HTML files, and the log files can be accessed via any web browser.

 

Display output file: Indicates that the resulting output file should be launched in its associated application.