Building with command line params

[Andrew Truckle]

When using the IDE itself we can specify  parameters for when "running" the built installer.

But, there is no way to specify the parameters that we might want to pass to it for "building" the install. I have a script that builds both x64 and x86 and it determines with a command line param. I can compie by command line of course or throgugh batch. But  I would like ability to compile in demand the scenario I am interested in from inside the editor. So this needs ability to set command line params for build.

[Martijn Laan]

Just put a #define at the top of your script? Either temporarly, or permanently but commented out.

Greetings,

Martijn 

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On Friday, 11/14/25 at 22:08 Andrew Truckle <truc...@gmail.com> wrote:

When using the IDE itself we can specify  parameters for when "running" the built installer.

But, there is no way to specify the parameters that we might want to pass to it for "building" the install. I have a script that builds both x64 and x86 and it determines with a command line param. I can compie by command line of course or throgugh batch. But  I would like ability to compile in demand the scenario I am interested in from inside the editor. So this needs ability to set command line params for build.

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[Andrew Truckle]

Ah, sure. Like #define WIN64. 

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[Gavin Lambert]

On Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 10:53:59 AM UTC+13 Martijn Laan wrote:

Just put a #define at the top of your script? Either temporarly, or permanently but commented out.

A useful trick (if you're using an actual value and not merely #ifdef) is to use these sorts of blocks in your script:

#ifndef SOME_VALUE

#define SOME_VALUE "Default Value"

#endif

This provides a default value when compiling in the IDE while still allowing you to override it when building from the command line.

For "pure" #ifdef, you can either convert it to using literal 0/1/true/false values, or just have a define you can comment out as needed -- but this will break your command line builds if you forget to comment or delete it once you're done testing.