Avoiding output folder

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Matze
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Avoiding output folder

Post by Matze »

Hi all,
I publish the targets to another folder outside of the project, e.g. C:\FlareOutput.

But Flare automatically creates its own output folder within the project. I´m not 100% sure but I thought I had avoided this automatically created Flare output folder in the targets or in the options in the past. But now this target/options check box is gone, right?
NorthEast
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Re: Avoiding output folder

Post by NorthEast »

The "Output" folder is only used when you build a target - not when you publish a target.

Flare creates an "Output" folder when you build a target, and you cannot stop it creating this folder.
By default, the "Output" folder is put in the same location as your Flare project, but you can change this in the target Output Folder setting on the General tab. So if you changed the target Output Folder to C:\FlareOutput, it would build your target in C:\FlareOutput\Output\<user name>\<target name>.

When you publish a target, Flare copies the target output files to the folder you specified in the publish destination (set up in Project > Destinations).
There is no "Output" folder when you publish a target.
Matze
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Re: Avoiding output folder

Post by Matze »

sorry, wrong explaination from my side: I only built targets, but I want to avoid the output folder within my project. But I cannot, thats hard :blaze:
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