How do I obtain programmatic build status?

[Jim Kring]

I am using "vi.lib\AppBuilder\BuildTargetBuildSpecification.vi" to build a Build Specification in my LabVIEW Project, programmatically. The build takes a while and I would like to get status information while the build is happening, just like the progress/status dialog shows when you run the Build Specification from within the Project Environment. I have not found any way to get the status information.

I did find a global variable, "ABAPI Dist Build Status.glb.vi", that looks promising. However, it probably only has status information in the Application Context in which the builder is running. I'm wondering what the name of this application context is, so that I can try to obtain the status information. Any ideas?

[Francois Normandin]

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Nov 6 2008, 06:16 PM)

I did find a global variable, "ABAPI Dist Build Status.glb.vi", that looks promising. However, it probably only has status information in the Application Context in which the builder is running. I'm wondering what the name of this application context is, so that I can try to obtain the status information. Any ideas?

This thread from 2006 suggests that AppBuilder is not using a global to pass build progress (anymore?). From the looks of the appBuild directories, it seems it's LVOOP based now.

QUOTE (kennoncotton @ Sep 14 2006, 01:35 PM)

A global is no longer used to pass build progress information and there isn't a supported way for you to view that information.