Starteam ST Apply Label action

FinalBuilder Discussion
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I have a FinalBuilder project that create a Label in starteam and after, apply the label to a subfolder of the starteam project.

It runs correctly but I was unable to apply the revision label to the folder itself.<

How is the configuration of the ST Apply Label Action, to apply the label to the folder too?

Thank you.

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Hi Santiago,

The FinalBuilder apply label action uses the “apply-label” command line option of stcmd.exe

I’m not a StarTeam expert, but I thought you’d be able to apply the label to a folder by specifying the folder hierarchy and * in the filespec. I’m not sure on this though - if you’re able to tell me the exact command that you need to call stcmd.exe with, I can make sure the action supports this.

cheers,
tate.

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Hi Tate,

Thanks for your reply.

I think that was one of the test I made, but i’m not sure.

This is the command that I’m running in the project:

Running StarTeam with command line : apply-label -is -filter “CO” -lbl “Version 0.0.0.4” -p "Builder:*****@STSERVER:49201/MyProject/MyProjectRootFolder//SubFolder_1/SubFolder_2" -x -stop ""

With this command, all the files in Subfolder_2 are labeled with the label, but not the folder.
In Starteam interface, when you apply a label to folder, the dialog shows three options, as you can see in attached image.
Any idea?

Thanks in advance,

Santi.

STAttachLabel.PNG

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can you try running that same command line manually but without the “*” at the end and see if that works?

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I’ve do it with the same result; the label is only applied to files, not folders.
I’ve tried some variations too, like apply label from SubFolder_1, changing the filter, …, but the result is always the same.

Regards,
Santi.

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Hi Santi,

It looks like you need to create a “Build Label” (with the Create Label action) and when you apply that it will apply to the folder too. I’m guessing here though - maybe it’s best to ask a StarTeam expert?

http://info.borland.com/techpubs/starteam/2005R2/en/user.pdf

If you have a look on page 309 in that pdf file it describes the -b option on the create label command as:

Specifies that the new label is a build label. Without either -b or
-r, the label is a view label. View labels (and a build label is a
special type of view label) are immediately and automatically
applied to every folder, file, change request, task, and topic in
the view.

So, maybe experiment a bit with the type of label you create and see if you can get something going.

hth.
.t8