>Thanks for your response.
>
>However, what I like to know is how I can pass the parameters to the beforeBuild method. Can can I specify the cOutputName?
>Can I do this while building an exe from within the project?
>
>LPARAMETERS cOutputName, nBuildAction, lRebuildAll, lShowErrors, lBuildNewGuids
>
>TIA

What is passing the parameters? What you need is do this in code. Create you a bldapp.prg [don't call it build.prg] that accepts that list of parameters. Then you issue BLDAPP WITH '.\Output\myapp.app', 1, .f., .t., .f.

The BldApp.PRG looks like:

lparameter tcOutput, tnBuildAction, tlRebuild, tlShowErrors tlBuildNewGUIDs
modi proj vts noshow nowait
? _vfp.activeproject.Name  && for example
? _vfp.activeproject.build('vts.app',2,.f.,.t.,.f.)
_vfp.activeproject.close()

You can also modify this so you can pass the project name as a parameter. To see all the properties of the _VFP object just put it in the Watch window of the Debugger.