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kinook
03-22-2003, 01:35 PM
Release on <b>June 6, 2002</b>

<ul>
<li>Professional Version</li>
<li>Tree display of steps, with ability to expand and collapse steps
<li>Custom action screens and components for <a href="/VisBuildPro/thirdparty.html">many third party development tools</a> to simplify the creation of build scripts
<li>Extensive debugging features (single-stepped execution, breakpoints, pause, etc.)
<li>Colorization of build output for easy navigation
<li>Editing and execution of Windows Script is fully integrated
<li>Full support for <a href="/VisBuildPro/vstudio.html">Microsoft Visual Studio .NET</a> (of course, Visual Studio 6.0 is still supported as well)
<li>Ability to generate XML and HTML log files
<li>Integration with Windows Scheduled Tasks applet for easy scheduling of builds
<li>Full support for entry and display of Unicode text
<li>Many new user-configurable options
<li>Shortcuts to easily 1) jump to matching output for a step and vice versa, 2) Go to a top-level step, and 3) open a filename displayed in the build output (see View menu)
<li>Multiple failure steps can be defined in a project
<li>Subroutine steps allow modularizing code within a single project
<li>The build status of the steps can be saved in the project file
<li>COM Automation interface to access all application and build components programmatically
<li>Console application to run locally or remotely without requiring interactive desktop access or a GUI
<li>End-user creation of custom action screens and components
<li>Global macros and application options are stored in XML files instead of a user-specific registry key
<li>Single-click testing of steps
<li>Option for macros to be added to environment variables
<li>Search and replace in macros and script as well as steps
<li>Enhancements to tool tip feature
<li>Ability to specify multiple ranges of successful exit codes for the Run Program custom action
<li>Child projects started from a VisBuildPro Project action are launched minimized if the parent project is minimized
<li>Editing of multiple step properties at once via multiple selection
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