How to set variables at build time

Author: BitRock Support       Date: April 25, 2008 07:46       Tags:

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Sometimes it is convenient to set project variables at build time. There are a couple of ways that this can be accomplished:

Use the preBuildActionList:

<preBuildActionList> <setInstallerVariable name="version" value="${env(BUILDVER)}" /> </preBuildActionList>

Or, starting with 5.4.6, it is possible to pass variables directly in the command line to the builder

$ builder build project.xml --setvars version=1.2.3 project.shortName=newShortName project.fullName="New Installer Name"

If you want the value to be available at runtime, when the installer is run in the user machine, then you need to create a parameter that will store the value of the variable. These parameters are usually 'hidden' so they do not get displayed to the end user:

<parameterList> <stringParameter name="mysql_port" ask="0" /> </parameterList>

$ builder build project.xml --setvars mysql_port=3306