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 Execution of the VBMAKE Program 

Calling the Program

The program file vbmake.exe is in the bin directory.

Open this file by double clicking it, if you want to work with VBMAKE.
VBMAKE read the file
VBMake.ini , in which all of the main components to be managed are listed. Among the project files listed there (file extension . vbp ), there may be a file in the project file directory with the name vbmake.dep . In this file all projects that are dependent on the corresponding project are listed.

After calling the VBMAKE program, you will see a directory structure on the left side of the screen with all projects and their dependent projects as subnodes.
When you choose a project, various information about the project is displayed on the right side of the screen.

Available Functions

Use the toolbar to call the VBMAKE functions.

Function

Description

Open

Open a new input file

Open VB

Open the Microsoft Visual Basic development environment with the chosen project

Edit vbp

Open the project file in the Notepad program

Options

Define options for creating the software

Check project file date

Takes the project file date into consideration when deciding if a component should be updated (recompiled).

Ignore read only attributes on targets

Ignore the read only attribute of files to be created

Make typelib compatible before compilation

Create a project file before compilation in which the type lib information of ActiveX components is reconciled with the information in the registry.
This file is then called during compilation.

Make winrunner support file before compilation

Create a project file before compilation that contains the required information for the WinRunner tool (Mercury Interactive Corporation).
This file is then called during compilation.

Make

Compile the selected project
Possibility to decide exactly what should be compiled:

Make current and all dependent projects

Compile all dependent projects and then the selected project

Make current projects only

Compile only the selected project

Make dependent projects only

Compile only the dependent projects

Execute

Run the selected project if it is an executable program

Register

Register the selected project (or the created components)

Set

Define selected properties of a project file, for example for Debug purposes

Touch

Set the current time stamp for the selected project file

Cancel

Terminate the current action

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