Thanks for the suggestions! I'm pretty sure both AntInstaller and AntForms could provide what I'm looking for.
-Andrew On 2/2/06, Rebhan, Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > i your script is ready to use and all you want > to achieve is to collect the properties via gui > have a look @ AntForms. > > give it a shot = > > http://antforms.sourceforge.net/ > > > Gilbert > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Goktepe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:03 PM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: Ant-based installers > > >have a gui for end users that creates a script for deploying to the > local > box? > No. It doesn't have to create a script - I already have one. > > >make it easy for someone who doesn't know ant to deploy to many > systems? > Yes. The Ant script does all of the real work, but it's exposure to the > user > should be minimal. > > Our applications have many properties and xml files within the ear file > and > elsewhere that need to be configured for the particular environment > being > used. I already have an Ant script that will configure these files and > deploy the application to any of several application servers, but I want > a > GUI front-end to collect all of the settings from the user before > running > the script. > > -Andrew > > On 2/2/06, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Andrew Goktepe wrote: > > > I am looking for an ant-based GUI installer to configure and deploy > our > > J2EE > > > applications. I have tried Antigen and AntInstaller. I really like > > > AntInstaller, especially its configuration file format and the way > it > > saves > > > all of the user-provided values for repeat runs of the Ant script. > Is > > anyone > > > using any others besides these two? Although I can't use anything > that > > is > > > licensed under the GPL, I'd still like to know about any other > choices > > that > > > are out there. > > > > What is it you are trying to do? > > > > -have a gui for end users that creates a script for deploying to the > > local box? > > -make it easy for someone who doesnt know ant to deploy to many > systems? > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
