In an attempt to automate compilation of our foxpro project, we tried
to compile from a script that runs nightly unattended.

We looked into several possibilities,

1. Command line: “vfp8 …” that will take a project and compiles to an
.exe or .app.
Nope, foxpro command line does not allow compilation switches.

2. Command line calls “vfp8.exe build.prg” and put all building logic
inside build.prg:
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BUILD EXE (ProjectPathName + ".exe") FROM (ProjectPathName + ".pjx") RECOMPILE
quit
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It works. But one more issue:

If there are errors in the compilations, such as a missed function
definition, Foxpro will popup a dialog “Unable to Find such and such…”
"Locate, ignore, ignore all, cancel".


This is quite annoying because we would love to parse the log
afterwards automatically. Having to have some one staying there clicking
ignoring is not quite automation.

Suggestions will be appreciated.

Yun