I needed to add a boatload of files to a copy operations to a test FinalBuilder project/script. I remembered the filesets in NAnt. I was extremely happy to discover that FinalBuilder has them. I sure was dreading having to add a copy action for each file.

The specific situation was that I needed to test about 6 different configurations for the problem I had with PainlessSVN and Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition. I just made copies of my original script for PainlessSVN. One of the scenarios had me protecting each separate file using .NET Reactor and not merging them. I needed to copy them to a directory so that both the .NET Reactor and InnoSetup could use the Release version of my assemblies.

I added a fileset to the first test version and used that subsequently. My rule of thumb is to use them when doing operation on more than 3 files.

Anyways, it's been a long time since I felt warm fuzzies for a software utility.