Hello Ben, Have you tried with to <taskdef> your custom task with classpath nested tag: <taskdef classname="org.myorg.MyTask"> <classpath> <!-- location to your jars here --> </classpath> </taskdef>
HTH Ivan --- Ben Gill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > My custom Ant task relies on the Spring jar files, > but whatever I try, I get > a class not found exception.. > > I read a lot of posts on this and saw Eric's article > here: > > http://www.fawcette.com/javapro/2003_02/magazine/features/ehatcher/ > > But I cannot believe I have to spawn off a JVM to > pick up the spring jar's > do I? > > and I really dont want to force any user that uses > my task to copy the jar's > into their $ANT_HOME/lib... > > Has anyone got a nice, tidy way of making 3rd party > jar files available to a > custom task? > > Thanks > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]