Hi,

I know that people have written IDL build scripts in the past, but I
was wondering if anyone had done one which can be configured from an
XML file (just like ant)

For example I have a system which uses XML tags that are analogous to
IDL compile directives.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<build>
	<target name="stage1">
         <compile filename="activities/display/
nmacurvedisplay__define.pro" />
         <compile filename="activities/display/
nmacurvefit__define.pro" />
         <compile filename="activities/display/
nmademographicsdisplay__define.pro" />
         <compile filename="activities/display/
nmadisplay__define.pro" />
	...
	<resolve_routine>idlfflangcat__define</resolve_routine>
	<resolve_all continue_on_error="1" />
	<save_routines filename="nmaconfig.sav"/>
</target></build>

I want to make my project easier for other people to use, so a
customised build process is something I should avoid. Is there any
feature in IDL (or eclipse) which I could use in place of this? It
needs to work as far back as IDL 6.1.