Visual Build Professional User's Manual Copyright © 1999-2021 Kinook Software, Inc. Contents I Table of Contents Part I Introduction 1 1 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Why Visual................................................................................................................................... Build? 1 3 New Features................................................................................................................................... 2 Version 4 .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 Version 5 .......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Version 6 .......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Version 7 .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Version 8 .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Version 9 .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Version 10 .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 4 License Agreement................................................................................................................................... 14 5 Installation................................................................................................................................... 16 6 Upgrading................................................................................................................................... from Older Versions 18 Visual Build 2/3 .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Visual Build Pro 4 .......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Visual Build Pro 5 .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Visual Build Pro 6 .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Visual Build Pro 7 .......................................................................................................................................................... 23 Visual Build Pro 8 .......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Visual Build Pro 9 .......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Part II Using Visual Build 26 1 Main Screen................................................................................................................................... 26 2 Menu Bar................................................................................................................................... 27 3 Toolbars ................................................................................................................................... 27 4 Panes ................................................................................................................................... 28 Actions Pane .......................................................................................................................................................... 28 Step Panes .......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Project Steps Pane......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Subroutine Steps......................................................................................................................................................... Pane 30 Failure Steps Pane......................................................................................................................................................... 31 Global Subroutine......................................................................................................................................................... Steps Pane 31 Macros Pane .......................................................................................................................................................... 31 Output Pane .......................................................................................................................................................... 33 Properties Pane .......................................................................................................................................................... 33 Watches Pane .......................................................................................................................................................... 35 Call Stack Pane .......................................................................................................................................................... 35 Customizing Panes.......................................................................................................................................................... 36 5 Layouts ................................................................................................................................... 37 6 Building ...................................................................................................................................Projects 37 Definition of Terms.......................................................................................................................................................... 37 Methods of Building.......................................................................................................................................................... 38 Copyright © 1999-2021 Kinook Software, Inc. II Visual Build Help Build Profiles .......................................................................................................................................................... 38 Build Details .......................................................................................................................................................... 39 Build Logging .......................................................................................................................................................... 40 7 Dialogs ................................................................................................................................... 41 About .......................................................................................................................................................... 41 Action Properties .......................................................................................................................................................... 41 General ......................................................................................................................................................... 41 GUI ......................................................................................................................................................... 42 Component ......................................................................................................................................................... 43 Application Options.......................................................................................................................................................... 44 General ......................................................................................................................................................... 44 Logging ......................................................................................................................................................... 45 Logging (More)......................................................................................................................................................... 46 File Locations ......................................................................................................................................................... 47 Advanced ......................................................................................................................................................... 47 Change Password .......................................................................................................................................................... 48 Change Edit Password.........................................................................................................................................................