FinalBuilder

Automated Build & Release Management Software for Windows Developers

From VSoft Technologies Pty Ltd

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Developers come with many different preferences. Some folks really like the modern trend towards doing everything with XML. And then there are those of us who would rather sit on an angle bracket than write code with one. For those in the latter camp, build utilities like NAnt and MSBuild are at best a nuisance with their nested XML syntax. Fortunately, there's an alternative: FinalBuilder, which just released its fifth major version, offers a full-featured IDE for managing complex software build and deployment processes. Over the years, I've mellowed to the point where I'll sometimes use NAnt for a build process that I intend to set up once and never touch again, but when I've got a complicated, multi-step process to maintain, give me an IDE any day.

Let's start with the basics. At its simplest, FinalBuilder lets you string together actions to form a build process. An action might be to compile a C# project using the command-line compiler, or to check out a file using Perforce, or to run a DOS command, or to use sn.exe to sign a .NET assembly. Each time you choose an action, you can specify all the details - which files to call, which parameters to supply, comments, and so on. There are nice dialog boxes to fill out with this information, and an Action Inspector that shows you the same information in a property sheet format. All told, FinalBuilder supports over 400 actions, dealing with testing, install builders, many source code control systems, compilers, help file builders, CD burners, file and directory actions. WMI, archivers, FTP, newsgroup posting, e-mail, and on and on. The richness of FinalBuilder's action set is simply amazing.

As usual, the FinalBuilder team enhanced the action list for the new version. New this time around are actions for administering IIS FTP servers, manipulating MSI files, transforming PDF and image files, creating and deleting IIS application pools, running the .NET ILMerge utility, string and path manipulation, and more. The Accurev and MKS Source version control systems are fully supported, as is Microsoft's new Sandcastle help generator. These are just the highlights; there are numerous other new actions and enhancements to existing actions as well.

Review Written by -
Mike Gunderloy
of Larkware.com
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Item Pricing and Availability for FinalBuilder Version 5.5

FinalBuilder Version 5.5
Item# Description Delivered Weight Avail? DevRewardsPrice Buy
 32775 
FinalBuilder Standard Edition Named User License
Vendor Download  1-2
Days  		4400  $358   
 
 48795 
FinalBuilder Standard Edition Named User License with 1Yr Software Assurance
Vendor Download  1-2
Days  		5120  $428   
 
 48520 
FinalBuilder Professional Edition Named User License
Vendor Download  0-1
Days  		5520  $468   
 
 94614 
FinalBuilder Professional Edition Named User License with 1Yr Software Assurance
Vendor Download  1-2
Days  		6800  $564   
 
 48040 
FinalBuilder Standard Edition 1 Concurrent User License
Vendor Download  1-2
Days  		15480  $848   
 
 28925 
FinalBuilder Standard Edition 1 Concurrent User License with 1Yr Software Assurance
Vendor Download  1-2
Days  		37200  $1,018   
 
 93790 
FinalBuilder Professional Edition 1 Concurrent User License
Vendor Download  1-2
Days  		40560  $1,128   
 
 91946 
FinalBuilder Professional Edition 1 Concurrent User License with 1Yr Software Assurance
Vendor Download  1-2
Days  		64960  $1,354   
 
 97251 
FinalBuilder Standard Edition Site License
Vendor Download  1-2
Days  		140480  $2,998   
 
 76476 
FinalBuilder Standard Edition Site License with 1Yr Software Assurance
Vendor Download  1-2
Days  		173760  $3,614   
 
 11577 
FinalBuilder Professional Edition Site License
Vendor Download  1-2
Days  		188480  $3,948   
 
 33820 
FinalBuilder Professional Edition Site License with 1Yr Software Assurance
Vendor Download  1-2
Days  		229440  $4,748