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Author: jonathanpepinmoore

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 ::alias mitroot "pushd %DNAROOT%\src\MIT\$*"
 ::alias mobile "pushd %DNAROOT%\src\MIT\system\web\mobile\$*"
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+<p>In order to do things in the DNA build system, you need to have a command prompt open with the correct environment set up. To do this:</p>
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+<p>Open a command prompt.</p>
+<p>If you are using the batch file from the previous step, this is already setup for you - just run that.</p>
+<p>Else, type "dnaenv debug" or "dnaenv retail".</p> 
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+<p>This will create an environment for making debug or retail builds. If you omit the type, debug is the default. You can change from one to another by running dnaenv again.</p>
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+<p>It is important to note that any time you use the build environment, you must run dnaenv. If you don't then environment variables won't be set correctly and necessary directories may not exist, and the build will not work. Most of the directions following this assume you are running in a build window.</p>
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+<p>Another important note is that if you delete the %DNABUILT% tree, you must re-run dnaenv to create directories in this tree. If you do not, midl will not work properly when building idl files.</p>
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 <h2>This topic provides examples of using BinPlace from the command-line.</h2>
 
 <p>First, you can set the root destination directory as follows:</p>