Automating docs compilation in the software build process

Subject: Automating docs compilation in the software build process
From: David Handy <david -dot- handy -at- automsoft -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 17:14:18 +0100


Gang --
My developer colleagues are keen to incorporate the docs source files into
the Build Process -- y'know, the process whereby the development files are
assembled into installable software. Currently I provide all docs in a
finished state, i.e. I compile the master help file from several HTML Help
projects, build the PDFs from Framemaker, apply relevant security settings,
and check the lot into VSS for inclusion in the build. The developers
dislike this because the whole shooting match takes me a half-hour, whereas
with automated scripts it could be done in moments -- they contend -- on our
Build machine.

Has anyone had any experience doing this? Are there major snags?

TIA,
dh
automsoft

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