Command line build with conditions

[jholmes]

Can you add conditions to a command line build? I have several word outputs that I create using different tags and it would be nice to be able to build them all in a batch.

[LTinker68]

I've never used the command line build, but can't you build multiple targets from the same command line? The targets would control the conditions of the outputs.

[jholmes]

But they're all the same target (word) - I just change up the condition tags depending on the document set i need to create. Am I missing something?

[alaltenburg]

The command line is setup so it is telling madcap to build a specified target. Whatever conditions you have selected within the madcap target, that will be what is included.

Hope that helps.
Andrea

[SteveS]

If you're changing the project before each build, comman line building will not be much help.

I think you will need to create a different target for each of your word documents. If you want them in the same destination folder you will need to change the output file name, on the basic tab from the target properties, for each document.

HTH

[doc_guy]

I've successfully built several Word document targets at the same time from the command line, and the trick is exactly what Steve is suggesting. You need a separate target for each version of the Word document that you want to create. Make sure you have a different file name for each target. Then you can use the command line to build all the targets at the same time, or you can write a very simple script that will do it for you.

When I needed a daily build of the documentation, created a simple .bat file in Windows that checked out the latest documents from SVN, built each target, and copied each target to the proper location on a production server. Then it had a cron job in Windows run that .bat file every night at 1AM.

Each day when we came into the office, the help system had been created with the latest changes from all contributors.

But the key is knowing that you need a separate target file in Flare for each version of the project that you are building.

[jholmes]

Thanks everyone - I'll give it a try. This is going to make my life so much easier!

[jholmes]

It works - and much easier than the build script mess I thought I had in store for me. A solid example of missing the obvious!

[doc_guy]

Yay. Glad it worked. Let us know if we can help again.