Set variable from file

[Joseph Taylor]

I have several places in my plans where I set a variable value from a file. In OtterScript (since 5.0), it is shown as a legacy action. What recommendation do you have for bringing it up-to-date? Is there a different action I should use? Or do I need to write a custom function? I'm also curious as to why this isn't supported any more...

Sample:

Execute-LegacyAction

        (
            Config: <Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Actions.Variables.SetVariableFromFileAction Assembly="BuildMasterExtensions"><Properties VariableName="RunScripts" FileName="ScriptsToRun.txt" MaxLength="14" OverriddenSourceDirectory="C:\BuildMasterAgent\buildscripts" /></Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Actions.Variables.SetVariableFromFileAction>
        );

Product: BuildMaster
Version: 5.2.3

[Alana]

It's supported using the Legacy Action, which isn't ideal obviously.

This will be replaced with a function in v5/OtterScript:

# reads at most 250 characters from the file
set $hdarfs = $FileContents(c:\hdarfs\info.txt, 250);
Log-Information $hdarfs;

However, this function is only available in 5.3 (which is shipping this week).