Publish projects in batch mode

Question

I have 9 projects that I need to re-publish on a regular
basis. Can I do this in batch mode. Publishing each one
individually gets old real fast.
Please let me know,
Scott

Answer 1

Have you tried AutoIT ? First, it's free and has a lively
user community.
Second, you can use it to "record"
like a macro recorder, then edit the script...
So, you could record something like: Lanuch Captivate
-> Open file -> Click Project ->
Click Preferences -> Set Expiration Date ->
Click OK -> Click Publish -> Click OK.
Then you would edit the script (AutoIT has its own scripting
language) to make the "Open file" part of
it do what you want, from a folder you want, and then with some
logic to go through the list of files you want to edit in the
folder. Do something similar with the scripting for the
"Set Expiration Date" bit of it and maybe
for the publish settings.
Recording is really fast, learning the scripting might take a
bit of time.
You can put a GUI on it when you're done, if you wish.
You can pubish the AutoIT as a script or as an exe. You could
then set it to run monthly as a scheduled task in Windows, and even
automate FTP'ing the published files if you want.
Hope this helps,
Ari