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New Features in Visual Build Pro Version 4

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•Tree display of steps, with ability to expand and collapse steps

 

•Custom action screens and components for many third party development tools to simplify the creation of build scripts

 

•Drag-and-drop adding of steps for custom actions

 

•Extensive debugging features (single-stepped execution, breakpoints, pause, etc.)

 

•Colorization of build output for easier navigation

 

•Editing and execution of Windows Script is fully integrated into Visual Build

 

•Full support for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (of course, Visual Studio 6.0 is still supported as well)

 

•Ability to generate XML log files

 

•Many new user-configurable options

 

•Shortcuts to easily jump to matching output for a step and vice versa, Go to a top-level step, open a filename displayed in the build output, and more (see View menu).

 

•Multiple failure steps can be defined in a project

 

•Subroutine steps allow modularizing code within a single project

 

•The build status of the steps can be saved in the project file

 

•COM Automation interface to access all application and build components programmatically

 

•Console application to run locally or remotely without requiring interactive desktop access or a GUI

 

•Global macros and application options are stored in XML files instead of a user-specific registry key

 

•Single-click testing of steps

 

•Option for macros to be added to environment variables

 

•Search and replace in macros and script as well as steps

 

•Enhancements to tool tip feature

 

•Ability to specify multiple ranges of successful exit codes for the Run Program custom action