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Old 05-15-2003, 02:53 PM
Dean Dean is online now
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Question why do i keep getting this

this still deals with getting the following error each time i build. this did not start happening until yesterday.

--------------------Starting Build: '422build.bld'--------------------
Building project step 'mlsall Project'...

Process completed with exit code 128
Building project step 'Copy files to InstallShield'...



also is there a way to check if a certain exe or dll's exist if they do not then fail?
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Old 05-15-2003, 04:15 PM
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The following JScript function does the trick:

function FileExists (filename)
{
var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
return fso.FileExists(filename);
}


The VBScript version would be similar, but I don't have an example of it.

One way to use the it is to put something like the following in a script step:

if (! FileExists ("filePath\\fileName"))
throw "failure"

Note that the path seperator '\' needs to be quoted in JScript strings. This can be a real trap if you have the file name in a macro and do this:

"%FileName%"

where %FileName% = filePath\fileName

the result is:

"fileNamefilePath"
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Old 05-15-2003, 04:52 PM
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if i have a variable (FIRSTVAR) already set can I have the program "look" into the directory (DIRVAR) and if the FIRSTVAR exists then continue if not stop and throw an error?
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Old 05-15-2003, 05:15 PM
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put something like the following in a script step:

if (! FileExists (Application.FindMacro ("DIRVAR").Value + "\\" + Application.FindMacro ("FIRSTVAR").Value))
throw "failure"

The Application.FindMacro bit avoids the \ problem.
Note that this assumes that you are using JScript. Something similar works for VBScript but the throw becomes:

Err.Raise 1, Step.Name, "Forcing build failure..."
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