Toolbars and Menus

Almost all operations in Daily Build can be controlled from the toolbar, the menus and keyboard shortcuts.

New Build Project
Starts a new empty Build Project.

Open Build Project
Open an existing Build Project

Save Build Project
Save the current Build Project to disk

Cut, Copy and Paste
Daily Build allows you to cut and paste parts of a Build Project. You can use this to move whole sections of a project around quickly, or to move common build steps from one Build Project to another.

Undo and Redo
All operations that change the project can be undone and redone in Daily Build. Daily Build remembers every change you make, so you can always undo right up to the point when you first opened the project.

Delete Task
Deletes the selected tasks from the project. If you delete all the sub-tasks of a group task, it will be changed into a regular task.

Move Task Up / Down
Move the selected tasks one line up through the project. These buttons can be used to quickly re-arrange tasks into the desired order. If you move a group task, all it sub-tasks will move with it.

Indent / Outdent Task
Moves the selected tasks in or out a level. When indenting tasks, the previous task to the one selected will be changed to a group task if appropriate.

New Task
Creates a new task after the selected task. Pressing this button will bring up the task properties dialog for the new task, allowing you to set it up.

Task Properties
Brings up the task properties dialog box for the selected task, allowing you to make changes to existing build steps.

Build Failed Task Properties
When a build fails for some reason, Daily Build will run the "Build Failed" task. This task is an opportunity for you to do something when the build fails, such as sending out a e-mail reporting the failure.

Build Selected Tasks
Builds only the selected tasks, and their sub-tasks. This is very useful for running just a small sub-section of your full build process.

Build All Tasks
Builds the entire project.

Build From Current
If you right click on a task, and choose Build From Current from the context menu, Daily Build will execute the selected task and all the tasks that come after it. This feature is especially useful for re-starting builds after a previous failure has been rectified.

Cancel Build
While a build is in progress, this button will cancel it. The Build Failed task will not be executed.

Expand All / Collapse All
Open or Close all group tasks in a single step.

Show / Hide Notes
Toggles the display of task notes on and off in the main display.

Log File Properties
Brings up the Log File Properties dialog that lets you determine if program output is written to disk during a build or not. It also lets you specify the file that program output will be written to, if it is enabled.

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