I am a current user of FinalBuilder and Automise. I use FinalBuilder to compile a project that contain a collection of 80+/- OCX's, DLL's, and EXE's. Each of these is EXECrypted, I clean up folders, upload web servers, translations, pretty cumbersome. Been working on the project for 7 years. Without FinalBuilder I would be screwed to get a build out correctly.
Problem. It has gotten so complex, that it is (even though very organized) hard to visualize and navigate. If I had the ability to change the Font Name and Size of individual Tree Nodes in the Right Pane, I could make it very easy to navigate. I currently use the colors, they help, but is is still really tough to view. Can this be an option on an upcoming release? Thank you for any considerations.
Thanks for the suggestion, we’ll take it on board.
In the meantime, have you considered whether or not you can use FinalBuilder’s other organizational techniques to organize your build. Some ideas are:
- Action Groups : Use the parent/child hierarchy to create nested groups which perform each sub-function of your process. Rename the Action Groups to identify them.
- Action Lists : Move larger blocks of related actions to different Action Lists (create new lists by right-clicking the Main action list header and choosing ‘Create Action List…’)
- Subprojects : Move even larger blocks of related actions to different projects, and include them by using the Include Project action.
(Some customers have found it helpful to put all the major modules of their application into separate build projects, and call each of these from a “Master” project.)
I have to agree with Angus. I use all of his suggestions. I use colours sparingly, mostly to indicate whether an action uses javascript (the icon is too subtle), whether it’s a hack and needs updating in the future, whether it does something critical… Maybe being able to bold an action name would be helpful, dunno about changing the typeface or size though. I can’t really picture it looking like anything other than postmodern art…
