IDE Scripting MacArchitecture and Universal

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What am I doing wrong?

I can read the PropertyValue(“App.MacArchitecture”) to confirm “Universal” but I cannot set it.
PropertyValue(“App.MacArchitecture”) = “Universal”

I’m on next to zero sleep, so this well could be all on me doing something stupid.

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The Architecture is set under Buid Settings for macOS.

My guess is that it’s not available to scripting by design.

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My guess is it’s an oversight. All the other platforms can be automated.
I see a bug report about it too.

Sign… So close to world-domination, but there is always a hitch!

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Actually you can. It’s selected by the first parameter of BuildApp.

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Isn’t it an internal enum with numeric values? It’s based on the project type right?

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They’re just integers.

https://documentation.xojo.com/topics/build_automation/ide_scripting/building_commands.html#topics-build-automation-ide-scripting-building-commands-buildapp-buildtype-as-doc-integer-api-data-types-integer-reveal-as-doc-boolean-api-data-types-boolean-as-doc-string-api-data-types-string

Yikes that’s an ugly url.

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Why do you want/need to set this…?

The only reason that I can think of if when doing a build.
And that is done by BuildApp, which brings us back to @Greg_O 's answer:

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I have some projects that I use for a variety of customers. Some have limitations that require x86 while others don’t.

@Greg_O I’ll look into that. I was setting it as a property value in a longer script that changed more things, so I could see it during debugging, not just final building. In the end if I can’t automate it, it’s fine, but one more thing I just have to remember to do… Not the end of the world because I have to remember to change the app icon as well. I wish I could automate that!