Is there a way to auto compile in developer 7?

[fm7user]

I developed a reporting program that gets updated every week and distributed to users. My problem is that I cannot automate building the runtime. Each time I must open filemaker developer and load my *.sav to create the solution. Is there a way to make dev7 compile without user interaction? Developer 6 has this feature but not in 7.

thanks in advance

[Reed]

Where is this feature in v6? I never noticed it... so I guess I didn't miss it when I moved to v7

[Oldfogey]

I too am all ears/eyes about the feature in V6.

How are you 'distributing' the new solution? The reason I ask is that you may not need to create a new solution. In FMD6 you can replace a file in a Solution provided it still has the same name. I'm betting you can do the same in V7.

[fm7user]

Where is this feature in v6? I never noticed it... so I guess I didn't miss it when I moved to v7

When you create a solution using developer tool it generates a <solution.txt> file under /Developer 6/55 folder. Open that file and set Auto=1 then open with developer tool.exe.

For the distribution, I use Wise9 to generate a web installer (you need a website host) and distribute link via smtp.

[Reed]

Since they've integrated Developer Tool into FMD, this may not work anymore.

[rogermax]

I never saw that before. Very nice time saver. Thanks.