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jesper hogstrom wrote:
> Mikhail Terekhov wrote:
> 
>> This command starts IDE, compiles all projects in the group and then
>> exits from the IDE. Is it possible to suppress somehow the IDE GUI
>> opening? It is annoying during automated builds and probably
>> slows things down somewhat.
> 
> Don't know about that, but why not use dcc32/dccil? If you have already
> reached enlightenment by using automated builds, go for make,
> finalbuilder, nant or similar. A bit of work to get started, but very
> rewarding in the end.
> 

You are preaching to a priest ;). Yes we use the make utility for
automated builds, but it is a pain to keep BDS and dcc32 configurations
in sync. The main obstacle here is the Delphi's inconsistency. First,
BDS and dcc32 use different configuration files (*.bdsproj and *.cfg)
and there is no straightforward way to keep them in sync. Second, the
project groups are very useful and convenient in BDS, but they should be
manually converted into something useful for use with dcc32 on every
change.

BDS has an ability to make or build projects or project groups from the
command line, so I hoped to eliminate *.cfg files and use BDS instead of
dcc32. The only problem is that opening GUI on every invocation is very
annoying and time consuming.

Definitely lack of out of the box automated build solution as well as
the *.bdsproj and *.cfg files inconsistency are major warts in Delphi.
It is pity that Borland can't teach dcc32 to understand *.bdsproj and 
*.bdsgroup files. That would make the automation process very simple and
make Delphi ready for big enterprise projects out of the box. May be it
is worth to put such a request into QC?

Thanks,
Mikhail