Variables/parameters for scheduled builds?

FinalBuilder Discussion
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Hi all,
Evaluating FB at the moment, and I can’t figure out a way to set a specific variable for a scheduled build. It seems like a pretty basic thing to want to do: Say you have three very similar, but complex builds, A, B and C. You want to run build A every night, build B every friday, etc. Now, I really want one build project parameterised by the build type, due to their similarity. So, how can I tell FB to schedule a given type for a given time/date?

I think it can be done on the command line, passing variable values, but that means using an external scheduler to run the command line. Or perhaps something a bit kludgy like getting FB to schedule-run a script that actually calls itself on the command line! Is there a more elegant solution?

Many thanks,
Steve

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Steve,

The way achieve this is to pass variables via the command line parameter. The schedule wizard doesn’t expose this at the moment, so after you create a scheduled build you need to go to Control Panel | Scheduled Tasks and then add the /v= parameter yourself.

Here’s the command line help for the IDE:
https://www.finalbuilder.com/finalbuilder/Help/HTML/commandlineinterface.htm

And FBCMD:
https://www.finalbuilder.com/finalbuilder/Help/HTML/fbcmd.htm

cheers,
.t8

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Thanks very much, that solution is pretty good.

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To keep things simple we used a different method.1. Create a New Project.2. Add Include Project Task3. Set Variables to desired values.4. Save5. Schedule new project.

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That’s perfect - should have thought of looking for a task like that. Thanks heaps!