Automated Build Studio supports the most popular modern compilers, installation building tools, testing tools, version control systems, and other utilities.

Supported compilers

• All compilers that are included in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 7.x:

  Visual C# .NET

  Visual Basic .NET

  Visual C++ (both managed and unmanaged projects and modules)

  Visual J# .NET

  Compiler operations for Smart Devices are also supported.

• Microsoft ASP.NET Compiler
• Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
• Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
• Borland Developer Studio 2006 (Borland Delphi 2006, Borland C# 2006, Borland VB.NET 2006)
• Borland Developer Studio 2005 (Borland Delphi 2005, Borland C# 2005, Borland VB.NET 2005)
• Borland Delphi 8 for Microsoft .NET Framework
• Borland Delphi ver. 3 - 7
• Borland C++Builder ver. 3 - 6, 2006
• Borland JBuilder ver. 6.0 and later
• GNU Compiler Collection
• Intel C++ Compiler ver. 7.0 - 9.1 for Windows
• Intel C++ Compiler ver. 7.0 and later for Windows CE
• Intel Fortran Compiler ver. 8.0 and later for Windows
• Java Compiler
• MSIL Assembler
• RemObjects Software Chrome

Supported installation building tools

• Ghost Installer Studio
• Inno Setup
• InstallAnywhere.Net by Zero G Software, Inc
• InstallAnywhere Enterprise by Zero G Software, Inc
• InstallAware Studio 2005 by InstallAware Software Corporation
• InstallShield ver. 7 - 12 of Professional, Enterprise or Express edition
• InstallShield Express Borland Limited Edition ver. 3.0 or later
• InstallShield Professional ver. 6.1 - 7.x
• InstallShield Universal ver. 6.1 - 7.x
• Microsoft Setup Project (from Visual Studio 7.0, 7.1 and 2005)
• Nullsoft Scriptable Installation System
• Installation authoring tools by Wise Solutions, Inc.:

  Wise Installation System ver. 9.0 or higher

  Wise for Windows Installer ver. 5.0 and higher

  Wise Package Studio ver. 5.0 and higher
• WiX Compiler (candle)
• WiX Decompiler (dark)
• WiX Linker (light)

Supported version control systems

• Borland StarTeam
• Concurrent Versions System (open-source network-transparent version control system)
• Merant PVCS Version Manager
• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe v. 6.x, 8.0
• Microsoft Team Foundation Version Control
• Perforce by Perforce Software Inc.
• Rational ClearCase ver. 2002.05.00 or later
• Seapine Surround SCM
• SourceGear Vault
• SourceOffSite by SourceGear
• Subversion by Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick, C. Michael Pilato
• Team Coherence by Quality Software Components

Supported help compilers

• Doc-O-Matic ver. 4-5 by ToolsFactory Software, Inc.
• Help & Manual 3 and 4 by EC Software
• Microsoft Help Compiler
• Microsoft HTML Help Compiler
• NDoc
• RoboHelp ver. 7 and later

Supported testing, profiling and issue-tracking tools

• Aivosto Project Analyzer
• AQdevTeam ver. 1.x by AutomatedQA
• AQtime .NET Edition ver. 1.x by AutomatedQA
• AQtime ver. 3, 4, 5 by AutomatedQA
• Borland CaliberRM ver. 5.0 or later
• Borland StarTeam
• CodeHealer by SOCK Software
• JUnit
• Microsoft Application Center Test scripts
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System
• MSTest
• NUnit (James W. Newkirk and others)
• Peganza Pascal Analyzer ver. 3.0 or later
• Perforce by Perforce Software Inc.
• Team Coherence by Quality Software Components
• TestComplete ver. 2, 3, 4, 5 by AutomatedQA
• TestExecute ver. 2, 3, 4, 5 by AutomatedQA

Supported build tools

• Apache Ant
• IncrediBuild by Xoreax Software Ltd.
• Microsoft MSBuild
• NAnt (Gerry Shaw and others)

Supported .NET-specific tools

• Assembly Registration Tool (regasm.exe) by Microsoft
• CLRxLint by Software4net, Inc.
• Demeanor by WiseOwl, Inc.
• Dotfuscator by PreEmptive Solutions
• FxCop by Microsoft
• Global Assembly Cache Tool (gacutil.exe) by Microsoft
• ILMerge by Microsoft
• Installer Tool (installutil.exe) by Microsoft
• Strong Name Tool (sn.exe) by Microsoft
• XenoCode by Code Systems Corporation

 

Automated Build Studio also supports AQtime, AQtime .NET Edition, NUnit and TestComplete. These .NET-supporting tools are mentioned in the section Supported testing, profiling and issue-tracking tools.

Other supported tools

• Armadillo by Silicon Realms Toolworks
• ASPack
• ASProtect
• Beyond Compare 2.0 or later by Scooter Software
• EurekaLog ver. 4 and 5 by Fabio Dell'Aria
• ICQ by Mirabilis Software
• IncUpdate Builder ver. 2.53 and later by Sunisoft
• madExcept ver. 2 and 3 by Mathias Rauen
• Microsoft Robust File Copy (Robocopy)
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer
• Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
• MSN Messenger by Microsoft
• PsTools utilities by Mark Russinovich & Bryce Cogswell
• Smart device emulators by Microsoft
• SQLMaint
• Themida ver. 1.0 or later by Oreands Technologies
• UPX by Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer & Laszlo Molnar
• Visual Patch 2.0 and later by Indigo Rose Corp.
• Windows Messenger by Microsoft
• Windows Live Messenger by Microsoft
• WinLicense ver. 1.0 or later by Oreands Technologies
• WinRAR by Eugene Roshal

 

Automated Build Studio can also compress files and extract them from ZIP archives. To work with such archives, no external tools are needed.