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| Features and Benefits |
Visual macro designer
With Automated Build Studio, your common and everyday tasks can be easily automated. You can organize simple operations such as copying files or compiling a project into macros that will automate these tasks. Even if you are not familiar with programming, you will find creating macros very easy with the visual macro designer of Automated Build Studio. More...
Support of popular modern compilers and installation build tools
Automated Build Studio supports the most popular modern compilers and installation building tools. It also supports many other tools and utilities including products that can be used for testing, profiling and issue tracking. More...
Wide range of available operations
Automated Build Studio includes over 150 built-in operations that let you automate almost any task. More...
You can extend the functionality available with the standard operations by writing scripts or by creating new custom operations. Detailed instructions on extending Automated Build Studio are included in on-line help.
Scripts in VBScript, JScript and DelphiScript
Automated Build Studio includes a Script operation that allows you to create powerful custom script routines using one of the 3 supported scripting languages - VBScript, JScript or DelphiScript. You can use custom scripts to perform actions that can not be performed using the existing standard operations. More...
Visual Studio .NET Integration
For developers using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Automated Build Studio can be tightly integrated into the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET IDE. This integration offers developers full control over the Automated Build Studio from within the VS.NET IDE. More...
Macro Configurations
Quite often, it is needed to build several versions of an application from the same sources; for example, the debug, demo and release versions of the product. Using macro configurations, you can have a single macro that will generate all the desired versions. There is no need to create three macros. You can create only one macro and choose the desired configuration before the run. More...
Advanced Monitoring of Macro Runs
Automated Build Studio generates detailed logs of macro runs. These logs help you isolate errors that occur during the macro execution. Automated Build Studio automatically compares results of the current macro run with the last successful run, thus letting you know if something is going wrong. More...
Automatic Notifications
Your macros can automatically notify you about the results of their execution. Automated Build Studio offers several operations that can be used for sending notifications. These operations let you send messages via the “net send” command, MSN, ICQ or e-mail. You can also e-mail reports with attached execution logs. More...
Tight integration with testing and profiling tools
Automated Build Studio is tightly integrated with AutomatedQA’s testing, profiling and issue-tracking products. For example, you can create a macro that will compile your application, then search for memory leaks and performance problems with AQtime and then call NUnit, MSTest, JUnit or TestComplete to perform unit or functional testing. If an error occurs, the macro can post a bug report to AQdevTeam and assign it to the developer who is responsible for the error. All this can be done without writing a single line of code! More...
Assistant
Automated Build Studio includes a context-sensitive Assistant that displays commands, hints and links to help topics. If you are new to the Build Studio and not quite sure how to get started, the Assistant is the perfect place to begin. If you are experienced with Automated Build Studio, the Assistant panel is still helpful since it groups important links in one easily accessible location. More...
Scheduled macro runs
Automated Build Studio includes the Tasks Scheduler that lets you schedule macro runs at your desire. This is a key feature for creation of automated daily builds. With the Task Scheduler you can schedule and control macro runs not only on your computer, but also on other computers in your local network. More...
Run via command-line
You can execute macros without loading them into the Build Studio IDE: you can do this by specifying the desired macro name in the Build Studio's command line. Special command-line arguments can make the Build Studio run the macro, and close after that. Through the command line, Automated Build Studio can be executed in a completely hands-off fashion, within a make file, batch file, etc. In addition, the Build Studio installation includes a console executable, AutomatedMacroPlayer.exe, which simply runs macros constructed in the Build Studio. When your macros are complete, you can play them back using this simple and resource-friendly utility.