B4J Question [BANano] How not to clear the whole publish folder?

[Mashiane]

Hi there

How can I not clear the contents of the whole publish folder on compilation?

There are some files on the root publish folder that I don't want to be deleted each time I compile a project.

Thanks in advance.

 

[FelipeSchwartz]

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[alwaysbusy]

You can use this to prevent deletion of a folder:

BANano.TranspilerOptions.DoNotDeleteFolderOnCompilation("FullPathToTheFolder")

It is however strongly advised NOT to put the 'root' there, but use subfolders. Setting it on the root will prevent deletion of the whole project and this can give unexpected results, versioning problems and lots of very hard to debug bugs.

So for example if my Webapp has a subfolder /jsons

C:\myApp\Objects\MyApp\
C:\myApp\Objects\MyApp\scripts\
C:\myApp\Objects\MyApp\assets\
C:\myApp\Objects\MyApp\styles\
C:\myApp\Objects\MyApp\jsons\

I could add a line in AppStart:

BANano.TranspilerOptions.DoNotDeleteFolderOnCompilation(File.Combine(File.DirApp, "MyApp/jsons/")

Alwaysbusy

 

[Mashiane]

this can give unexpected results, versioning problems and lots of very hard to debug bugs.

Ohh, thanks for the clarity, I thought it would be easy as over-writing files it finds duplicated, perhaps it is more than just that.

Is it possible perhaps to have DoNotDeleteFileOnCompilation? This perhaps can help with this use case.

Thanks

 

[FelipeSchwartz]

I also have the same question as you. Want to get answers from everyone
tyflex plus

Luckily, I was consulted by friends