Re: Property not loaded

2011-12-16 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On 2011-12-15, Vinodh Kumar wrote: > Can someone let me know why the /${${env}.test} value not printed as > testest1/ http://ant.apache.org/faq.html#propertyvalue-as-name-for-property Stefan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsub

Arg value not loaded

2011-12-16 Thread Vinodh Kumar
Hi, Can someone let me know why the /${${env}.test} value not printed as testest1/ *cmd*:ant -f build.xml -Denv=IT1 *build.xml* ${env} ${${env}.test} *build.properties* IT1.test=testest1 *OUTPUT:* task: [echo] IT1 [echo] $

Re: Extension Points?

2011-12-16 Thread Matt Benson
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Perrier, Nathan wrote: > http://ant.apache.org/manual/targets.html > > > > Anyone have an example of where they found extension points useful? > One way of thinking of extension-points is as a somewhat Maven-esque view of a build, whereby you can define a basic "l

Extension Points?

2011-12-16 Thread Perrier, Nathan
http://ant.apache.org/manual/targets.html Anyone have an example of where they found extension points useful? I have to maintain a fairly large Ant framework, but I'm not quite of a good use-case for them. Thanks, -Nathan

Re: Property not loaded

2011-12-16 Thread Matt Benson
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Perrier, Nathan wrote: > You can't do that!  Double interpolation doesn't work. > > Fortunately, you can use a macro to accomplish it: > >       >       >       >       >         >       >   > Another possibility is the nested PropertyExpander provided by http

Re: How can i build latex, asy... with ANT

2011-12-16 Thread Matt Benson
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 11:06 PM, redspider red wrote: > Hello, >  I want to use ant build latex code. the destination > file is demo.pdf, but ANT can not compare the time stamp between tex > and pdf, so ANT build pdf always. > > How can I resolve it. Timestamp comparison is something typically