From build 3005 onwards, (1.4 release) CCNet shows the buildstage in the dashboard and CC-Tray.
Since CCNet can only signal the start of a task (Nant, MSBuild, exec, ...) more detail is needed with long during tasks.
The mechanism is as follows : whenever a task starts this data is visualised.
When more detailed data is needed, the external tool can create a listenerfile containing more details.
The file and it's location is exposed by CCNET in the normal way by passing it as integration properties.
The name of this property is : CCNetListenerFile
Example of the file
<data>
<Item Time="2007-10-14 08:43:12" Data="Starting Build timetester" />
<Item Time="2007-10-14 08:43:16" Data="Starting Target build" />
<Item Time="2007-10-14 08:43:16" Data="Sleeping for 5000 milliseconds." />
</data>
Screenshots
Extending Nant
Use the Nant listener :
Place this dll in the Nant bin folder.
A small update is needed in your CCNet config file, you'll have to instruct Nant to use the listener.
Do this by updating the buildArgs section of the NAnt task : -listener:CCNetListener,CCNetListener
<nant>
<executable>c:\nant\nant.exe</executable>
<nologo>true</nologo>
<buildFile>c:\test_source\doit.build</buildFile>
<buildArgs>-listener:CCNetListener,CCNetListener</buildArgs>
<buildTimeoutSeconds>90</buildTimeoutSeconds>
</nant>
Extending MSBuild
A plain vanilla MSBuild listener :
Instruct MSBuild to use this logger by using the <logger> section of the MSBuild task.
If you want to use these sources in your own listeners, please do.
