BuildMate 1.2

BuildMate is a tool that enables you to automate the building process of REALbasic projects. BuildMate can be used in many situations, from running on a schedule to provide nightly builds, to reducing a complicated build process down to as little as a single command.

With BuildMate you can set properties and constants in the project with static and dynamic values from the build configuration file, move the resulting built applications to a builds directory, etc. BuildMate is even extensible and provides hooks before and after builds for you to run a script to make your build process do the extra steps you need.

Here is a list of some capabilities you get with BuildMate:

• Build multiple projects from a single configuration file.
• Set constant and property values before building.
• Subversion integration for tasks such as updating the repository, getting revision numbers, etc.
• Copy resource and framework files into your built application package.
• Modify the data in Info.plist for Mac builds.
• Hooks give you complete control over the build process.
• Move built applications into a builds directory when done.
• Configuration files work cross platform.
• No user interaction required. Build can be fully automated.

What's new in version 1.2

• [New] Supports REALbasic 2009r1 and later.
• [New] CopyResources and CopyFrameworks now take paths to the directory of files to copy rather than only working with a predetermined set folder name.
• [Fix] Fixed an issue where resource and framework files would sometimes not get copied on Mac builds.
• [Chg] Project post build scripts may now contain arguments and have greater control over how the project path and built applications are provided to the script.
• [Fix] Fixed a problem with reading booleans in some plist files.
• [Fix] Subversion revision number is read in properly when using TortoiseSVN on Windows.
• [Fix] Folders inside the Resources directory are copied correctly on Windows.
• [New] Supports Git repository revisions.
• [New] BinaryReplace option added to allow for values to be injected into the application binary after the build is complete.
• [Chg] Post build processes will still take place even if all build platforms are disabled.

For a complete list of changes you can download the release notes.

Cost

BuildMate is a completely free utility that was developed in spare time. However, if you have found it to be a useful tool and would like to make a donation, it would greatly appreciated.
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