Is it possible to automate MadCap Flare compilation?

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franci7710
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Is it possible to automate MadCap Flare compilation?

Post by franci7710 »

Hi all,
I need to compile in a very strict time a huge project in 21 languages.
I was wondering if it is possible to automate somehow the compilation of the projects in order to launch it and at the end of the automation have the 21 pdf output files.
Thanks for your help!
Francesca Govoni
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Re: Is it possible to automate MadCap Flare compilation?

Post by RamonS »

There is the MadBuild command line tool that you can use. The good thing is, you can automate builds, the potentially not so good thing is that if you want to run it on a build server you need another Flare license. From what I recall MadCap sells a discounted license for just this case.
I found a nice blog post about MadBuild here: http://tregner.com/flare-blog/batch-fil ... -commands/
Hope this helps.
franci7710
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Re: Is it possible to automate MadCap Flare compilation?

Post by franci7710 »

Thank you!
I try immediately :)
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