Sorry, I am still struggled with trying to use Dynamic Parameters. I
have a Select Parameter set up to allow choice of build type on the
dashboard. I have a nant task that passes the selected buildtype to my
build file. I also have a nant task in my Publish task that is also
trying to pass the selected build type to a different nant script. This
one does not pass the selected build type through.
I see the documentation states:
"Parameters are used at the task/publisher level. They cannot be used in
any other project elements.
Using parameters can be done in one of two ways: configuration
definition or implied replacement.
Note: Not all tasks/publishers allow the use of dynamic parameters. To
be able to use the parameters a task must expose a dynamicValues
element."
Should I be able to pass the selected buildtype in both the nant and
publish tasks to two different nant scripts?
Here's what I have:
<parameters>
<selectParameter name="buildType">
<description>The type of build to perform</description>
<allowedValues>
<value name="Development">development</value>
<value name="Integration">integration</value>
<value name="Release">release</value>
</allowedValues>
</selectParameter>
</parameters>
<snip...>
<tasks>
<nant>
<executable>C:\Program Files\nant\bin\nant.exe</executable>
<baseDirectory>C:/BuildArea/IMSRma-New</baseDirectory>
<nologo>false</nologo>
<buildFile>C:\Projects\CCnet\IMSRma\workingDirectory\src\IMSRma-new.buil
d</buildFile>
<targetList>
<target>build.application</target>
</targetList>
<buildTimeoutSeconds>1200</buildTimeoutSeconds>
<dynamicValues>
<directValue>
<default>development</default>
<parameter>buildType</parameter>
<property>targetList[0]</property>
</directValue>
</dynamicValues>
</nant>
</tasks>
<publishers>
<snip...>
<nant>
<executable>C:\Program Files\nant\bin\nant.exe</executable>
<nologo>false</nologo>
<baseDirectory>C:/BuildArea/IMSRma-New</baseDirectory>
<buildFile>C:\Projects\CCnet\IMSRma\workingDirectory\src\IMSRma.publish.
build</buildFile>
<buildTimeoutSeconds>300</buildTimeoutSeconds>
<targetList>
<target>test.publish</target>
</targetList>
<dynamicValues>
<directValue>
<default>development</default>
<parameter>buildType</parameter>
<property>targetList[0]</property>
</directValue>
</dynamicValues>
</nant>
</publishers>
As I said, the selection is passed to the IMSRma-new.build script as
expected. (On an unrelated note, the target 'build.application' in the
targetList is not called). So I thought I could use the same in my
publisher block. However only the default 'development' is passed to
the IMSRma.publish.build script.
Is that the expected behavior? Or is there some way I can get the
selection passed to my publish script too?
Thanks,
Beth
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