March 12, 2012
There may be a need to extract all the ClearBasic code for entire project at once. If the project consists of only a few modules, one would use CBEX tool in interactive mode, select the modules from the list, specify the destinations, and export. But if a project involves very many modules, this method becomes burdensome - CBEX does not have a 'select all' capability. One way to make one's life easier is to use a tool developed by Dovetail Software, as explained in this article by Gary Sherman. Another method is to generate a CBEX directive file and then use CBEX in batch mode to export all the code. The process of generating the directive file is exactly what is burdensome in CBEX GUI, therefore a different method is needed. This can be achieved by using SQL statements to produce one directive…
More on Extracting ClearBasic Code
March 12, 2012
There may be a need to extract all the ClearBasic code for entire project at once. If the project consists of only a few modules, one would use CBEX tool in interactive mode, select the modules from the list, specify the destinations, and export. But if a project involves very many modules, this method becomes burdensome - CBEX does not have a 'select all' capability. One way to make one's life easier is to use a tool developed by Dovetail Software, as explained in this article by Gary Sherman. Another method is to generate a CBEX directive file and then use CBEX in batch mode to export all the code. The process of generating the directive file is exactly what is burdensome in CBEX GUI, therefore a different method is needed. This can be achieved by using SQL statements to produce one directive…