How to put VSS Project Spec into a variable?

FinalBuilder Discussion
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The first line in my FB5.130 project is a "VSS Get Working Folder" action.  I drop the local working folder into a variable, but would like to be able to drop the "$/..." into a variable as well.

I know I could just do a "Set Variable" action, but I want to be able to use the "Select Source Safe Project" dialog as the only means of manually setting this value to avoid fat-fingering.  Also, I have created a nice "generic" FB project that can be used for several development projects and would like to minimize "customization" of the FB script.  You change that one, first line to your VSS project and you're good to go; it just works.

Given that, I could then use that variable to "Check Out Files" at the top of the FB script, do stuff to the files in middle, and then "Check In Files" at the end of the script, all without having to "Select Source Safe Project" on every Source Safe action.

Thanks!

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Hi Tracy,

Probably the best way to go about this is to use the Prompt For Variables (Enhanced) actions and use the “Sorted List” type. You’ll have to populate the list of projects, either via script or when you Prompt for Variables action itself.

hth.
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What about via Action Studio, to enhance the “VSS Get Working Folder” action to “Store Project VSS Spec in Variable:”?

Or, is the value of the Project Spec available in the After Action script on the “VSS Get Working Folder” action? If so, do we also have the ability to set Project Variables from this script?