Version 8.0

[kinook]

Released on February 22, 2012

Release announcement: http://www.kinook.com/Forum/showthre...?threadid=4971

See http://www.kinook.com/VisBuildPro/Ma...albuild7_x.htm for issues to be aware of when upgrading from older versions.

New Features

64-bit (x64) editions of GUI app, console app, and object model.

Windows 8 compatibility.

Show build progress, pause, and failure in Windows taskbar (Windows 7 and later).

Option to save project files compressed and encrypted (.bldx extension).

GUI App: Ability to assign a password that is required in order to edit project / Build-only projects (File | Change Edit Password).

Option to fail overall build if any steps failed during the build but the build was continued (Tools | Application Options | General).

Enhancements

Logging: 1) Specify the log level separately for the console app, GUI app, and XML and text log files; 2) Honor text file logging options (Tools | Application Options | Logging (More)) for console app output.

Object model: 1) Honor step retry option when setting step build status to failed in vbld_StepDone script event; 2) Separate status for terminated steps (vbldStepStatTerminated); 3) Make call stack accessible to scripting (Builder.CallStack2 property); 4) Reduced file size when saving projects; 5) Include exception output in step output macros; 6) Option to not call StepStarting script events when skipping a step (call Application.Options.CallStepStartingScriptEventOnS kippedStep = False in a Run Script step to enable); 7) Use current Windows locale for script engine by default (call Application.Options.UseUSEnglishLocaleForScriptEng ine = True in a Run Script step for old behavior).

GUI App: 1) Visual Studio 2010 and Office 2010 paint themes (Tools | Customize | Options); 2) Options to sort and limit Go | To Step dialog to top-level steps (Tools | User Options | Display); 3) Option to play a sound when stopping at a breakpoint (Tools | User Options | Build); 4) Allow renaming and deleting of categories in Macros pane; 5) Default Build failure steps option (More tab) on new steps to unchecked.

Support auto-locating of v7.0+ .NET SDK folder for DOTNETSDK_DIR global macro.

New Actions

Enhanced Unzip Files

Enhanced Zip Files

Gradle

HelpNDoc

Hyper-V

NuGet

Parallels

Register .NET Assembly

Team Concert

VirtualBox

Action Enhancements

AccuRev action: Support v5.

Advanced Installer action: Support v8.

Create Folder action: Option to fail the step if the folder exists.

DeployMaster action: Support v4.

Doc-To-Help action: Support v2011 and 2012.

Document! X action: Support v2010 and 2011.

Exit action: Option to exit repeating loop (Loop, Process Files action, or repeating build rule) instead of build/subroutine.

Flare action: Support v7.

FTP action: Disable synchronize option and enable delete root folder option with delete command.

GAC Install action: Add additional options field.

Help & Manual action: Support v6.

HelpStudio action: Support v2011.

HTTP action: Enable compression option (Command tab).

InstallShield action: 1) Support v2012; 2) Support prerequisite search path option (Parameters tab); 3) Locate via App Paths registry setting if not found via file association.

InstallAnywhere action: Support v2011.

InstallAware action: Support v10 thru v2012.

Loop action: Support nesting.

Make Delphi action: 1) Support Delphi, C++Builder, and RAD Studio XE2; 2) Provide drop-down to choose Delphi version to build with (Options tab); 3) Drop-down for platform to build (Project/Group tab); 3) Improved parsing of configurations in project file.

Make VS 2010 action: 1) Support Visual Studio LightSwitch; 2) When setting/incrementing versions, don't update version info resource defined via constants and multiple whitespace separator chars.

Maven action: Support v3.

Mercurial action: Support v2.

Microsoft .NET actions: Support for calling 32-bit and 64-bit .NET Framework/.NET SDK executables.

Multilizer action: Support v2011.

Networking actions: 1) Support IPv6; 2) Support large (> 4GB) file sizes.

NUnit action: Support v2.6.

Perforce action: Support v2011.

Plastic SCM action: Support v4.

Process Files action: 1) Support nesting; 2) Check folder modification and creation timestamps (Attributes tab) when processing folders only.

PureCM action: Support v2011.

RoboHelp action: Support v9.

Run Program action: Option to run remotely with elevation (Remote tab).

Run SQL action: Support v2012.

Setup Factory action: Support v9.

Sign Code action: 1) Call signtool.exe for signing; 2) Additional options.

Sisulizer action: Support v3.

SourceAnywhere action: Support SourceAnywhere v6 and SourceAnywhere for VSS v3.

StarTeam action: Support v12.

Subversion action: 1) Support prop* commands; 2) Support v1.7.

Surround SCM action: Support v2011.

Team Foundation action: Option to treat partial success (exit code 1) as successful (Options tab).

Vault action: Support Vault Professional v5.

VMware action: Support Workstation v8, vSphere v5, and Player v4.

Web Deploy action: Support v2.

WiX action: Support v3.5 and 3.6.

Write INI action: Option to fail the step if file, section, or value not found.

Bug Fixes

HTTP action: Get to file option not working with Post form data option.

SourceOffsite action: Fix registry lookup of executable location.

Telnet action: Can't connect to Mac OS X 10.6.5+ SSH server with default authentication settings.

VMware actions: Don't quote arguments for Run program / Run script commands.

GUI App: Clear highlighted step when resetting build.