Version 7.5

[kinook]

Released on March 10, 2010

New Actions

Bazaar

Dimensions

Gallio (MbUnit, etc.)

Git

Maven

Mercurial

Plastic SCM

PureCM

SCM Anywhere

SourceAnywhere

SourceOffSite

Windows Virtual PC

Action Enhancements

7-Zip action: Support 64-bit editions and v9.

Ant action: Support v1.8.

Copy Files action: Option to only copy files that already exist in destination (Options tab).

Doc-To-Help action: Support v2010.

Dr.Explain action: Support v4.

HTTP action: Option to not escape special characters in macro.

InstallAnywhere action: Support v2010.

Make VB6 action: Option to not use temporary copy of project file for building (Compatibility tab).

Make VS 2010 action: Update for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2, RC, and RTM.

NUnit action: Support v2.5.

Perforce action: Support v2009.

Read Registry and Write Registry actions: 1) Ability to specify username and password; 2) Support accessing 64-bit registry view.

Service action: Ability to specify username and password.

Set Macro action: Ability to encrypt macro value.

Surround SCM action: Support v2010.

VisBuildPro Project action: 1) Option to pass through macros provided on command-line (Parameters tab); 2) Option to specify Start in path (Project tab).

Write XML action: Option to remove elements and attributes (XPath tab).

Enhancements

Log elapsed build time to Output pane and text format log file.

Support multiple day elapsed build times in XML/HTML log files.

vbld_FindProcess system script function (VBScript only).

Option to build failure steps when build is stopped (Tools | Application Options | General).

Ability to include constants from external type libraries in script (Tools | Application Options | Advanced).

Option to use LogonUser / CreateProcessAsUser instead of CreateProcessWithLogonW for processes created with alternate user credentials (Advanced tab of Run Program and derived actions). To enable this feature, call Application.Options.UseLogonCreateProcessAsUser = True in a Run Script action.

Option for whether to populate computer and service lists on new steps (Tools | User Options | Miscellaneous).

Bug Fixes

GUI App: 1) 'Unable to decrypt data' error could occur when opening project with empty encrypted value; 2) Don't reopen last project on startup if it no longer exists.

Builder component: 1) Don't abort script events when build canceled; 2) Don't dispose of file logger until after vbld_BuildDone script event completes.

Visual Studio add-ins not loading properly.

File processing actions: . character in include/exclude fields (i.e., xyz.abc.123.*) could match on . followed by another character instead of only . character.

HTTP Action: 1) Special VBP characters not escaped when response stored in macro; 2) Progress logging option not working.

Make Delphi action: When building with MSBuild, use /p:Config instead of /p:Configuration to match project file config definition.

UNZIP Files action: 1) Filenames not logged correctly when unzipping from .gz file; 2) Temporary .tar file not deleted when unzipping .gz file and extracting from .tar file.