Windows Scheduler

Using Daily build with the Windows Scheduler allows you to automatically perform your daily builds at regular intervals that suit your project.

Daily Build provides a command line interface that lets you run a build script of your choice silently in the background. None of Daily Builds interface will appear, though it is possible that some of the programs you run as part of your build script will open windows briefly.

To run Daily Build in silent mode, use the following command line...
dailybuild.exe -s <Daily Build project file to execute>

Setting the Command Line in Windows Scheduler

Create a new scheduled task using the wizard, in the normal fashion. Once the task has been created, right click on it and choose properties. Go to the Task tab and add the command line arguments to the Run control. You may need to provide the full pathname of the build script you want to execute and don't forget to put it in quotes if it contains spaces.

You can test the scheduled task by right clicking on it and choosing Run.

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