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The "FileMakeIgnore" Command

This command can can be used within a "FileMake" block and is used to indicate that what follows should be ignored. The portion of the file which is insignificant ends when the "/FileMakeIgnore" command is encountered.

MAKEMSI needs your help in determining what a significant change is, for example a change in a date or time may or may not be significant, only you know if it is.

Testing of generated code should identify any issues (code not regenerated etc). If you make a change which is not reflected in the MSI, incorrect "ignore commands" would be high on your list of suspects. To help you to identify where the problem is you can look at the generate "state file", this indicates what was ignored (and wasn't). The date and time of the "state file" is when you last built.

The command doesn't take any parameters.

EXAMPLE

;--- Start the VBS (need to ignore the automatically generated header) ------
<$FileMake "<$MAKEMSI_VBSCRIPT_DIR>\VbsToBeInstalled.VBS">
    ;--- The contents of the VBSCRIPT ---------------------------------------
    <?SyntaxCheck>                      ;;Syntax check the generated code

    ;--- Some Code ----------------------------------------------------------
    SomeTime = "<$FileMakeIgnore><?CompileTime><$/FileMakeIgnore>"   ;;Actual value does not significantly affect outcome of this script
    wscript.echo "Hi there, some VBS here!" & vbCRLF & vbCRLF & "SomeTime is " & SomeTime
<$/FileMake>

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