Setting a PropertySet variable to a calculated value

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Hi:

I am using a PropertySet that uses the '.Net Assembly Info' contents and would like to know how I can set one of the values (BuildVersion) to a specific value, for instance, the number of days since 1-1-2000?

This value would be recalculated on each build.

Thanks,

MartinH.

 

 

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Hi Martin,

You can use the "PropertySet Assign Properties" action to set the value of the 'BuildVersion' property. To set the value to the number of days since 1-1-2000, you will need to define a variable and use javascript to set the variable to the number of days since 1-1-2000. You can then set the 'BuildVersion' property to the value of the variable, using the syntax (%Variable_Name%).

Here is the javascript to calculate the days since 1-1-2000 saving the value into the variable 'BuildVer':

var currentDate = new Date();
var comparisonDate = new Date(2000, 0, 1);
var difference = currentDate - comparisonDate;

BuildVer = Math.floor(difference / 86400000);

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Paul:

Thanks for the information, it's just what I was looking for.

I do, however, have a problem. I can't see how to implement the javascript or where. I have attached a small trial project so you can see what I have done so far (not very much!)

Thanks for your help,

Martin.

TestProject.zip (27.901 KB)
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Hi Martin,

 

You can use the 'Run Script' action to execute the javascript. For more information see https://www.finalbuilder.com/finalbuilder/Help/HTML/runscriptaction.htm

 

Attached is the updated project which contains the javascript.

 

Regards,

Paul.

TestProject-Changed.zip (32.937 KB)