Hello, <input> task does not read the user input. Instead it delegates the reading to InputHandlers [1]. In short you should write an extension of InputHandler and create the dialog in it. Then pass the fully qualified name of your input handler to -inputhandler option of ant launching script. I collected some more information on ant's input handlers in an article called "Extending Ant Input Abilties", which you can find at [2].
While it is a good exercise to play with the handlers, I think that <input> task spoils the idea of the automation. I prefer to store the different settings in differen properties/xml files and load one of those files depending on the context/environment of the build. Of course, if in your case the path is completely arbitrary, you have less choices. Regards Ivan [1]http://ant.apache.org/manual/inputhandler.html [2]http://ant.apache.org/resources.html --- Rich Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was looking through the online Ant manual > recently, looking for > something like <input>, but which would display > either an "open" or > "save" dialog, i.e. what you typically see if you > choose "File: Open..." > or "File: Save..." in an application. Alas, I found > no such task, so I > instead wrote tasks and targets which would use > <input> and would ask > the user to type paths: not as user-friendly... > > Has this sort of task ever been considered as an > addition to Ant? > > (I realize Ant can't assume it's running on a > machine with a display, > mouse, etc.; i.e. that it may find itself on a > "headless" computer. But > in that case this proposed <input> variation would > resort to a > stdout/stdout-based prompting...) > > Thanks in advance, > Rich Wagner > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
