Does the Build.vi from the App Builder API work on Installer Builds?

[cgibson]

I have been working with the app builder API to do some build automation experiments. When I use the Build.vi on an installer build in my project, it hangs. I have left it overnight and it didn't complete. The application builds work fine.

Does the build.vi work with installer build specs?

[paul_cardinale · Accepted solution]

Yes, it works.  I've used it to build installers without any problems (I wish I could figure out how to get it to display the progress dialog though).

My wild guess is that there's a hidden dialog box waiting to be dismissed.  It might have something to do with the context that the builder is running in.  Try something like this:

[cgibson]

You called it correctly. Your suggestion made me try running the installer build by hand as it were. A pop-up window came up telling me some files in the cache required admin privileges to access. I had never seen this before. It is not surprising the build failed, but that is a nasty way to fail.

I will try your context code to see if the pop-up shows there as well. That at least would give the operator a chance to fix the problem.