Most of our automated builds runs on Windows, but OS X is needed for generating the help file index and code signing. Is there a way to run a Delphi program on OS X from MSBuild? It's very simple to do this from within the IDE, but I'd like to automate it.
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- You might need to describe your hardware setup. Real OSX machine, or a VM? Windows on a Mac in a VM?David Heffernan– David Heffernan2012-09-17 08:23:00 +00:00Commented Sep 17, 2012 at 8:23
- @David: All real machines, no VMsGiel– Giel2012-09-17 08:35:57 +00:00Commented Sep 17, 2012 at 8:35
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For automation with multi-platform build steps, I highly recommend a CI tool like Hudson / Jenkins.
You can assign a build task to a specific agent which is running on OSX. Components of the build will be created on the correct operating system.
If your target is full build automation, CI tools are worth a look or two.
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Giel
Thanks, that's good to know. Our builds are laughably simple though, so learning a new tool could take more time than the tool can save us.
Ken White
Not to quibble, but this doesn't answer the question asked (not downvoting). The question was "Is there a way to run a Delphi program on OS X from MSBuild?", and this doesn't address that question at all.