My project is mainly based on java. For that I am pretty comfortable using ANT tool. I am using <cl>,<mc>,<rc> and <csc> only in a few build files. Is there a way to integrate NANT with ANT?
I am new to both NANT and apache-ant-dotnet. How can I use apache-ant-dotnet for using <cl>,<mc>,<rc> and <csc> tasks? On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 Qazwart wrote : >No, Nant and Ant are two totally separate tools. Nant I believe is based upon >.NET and not Java (which makes sense since it is for .NET applications). > >However, Nant and Ant do share many of the similar task types and a very >similar build.xml file structure. You define project, run "Targets" in the >Project's build.xml file, and the targets use "Tasks". There are some >differences between the two -- especially in the individual tasks. Some of >this is preferences between the two groups of authors, some of this is fixing >some of the issues users of Ant have found with Ant itself, and some of this >has to do with the way the two different platforms work. Nant, for example >uses a lot more functions than Ant. In Ant, you use <available>. In Nant, you > use the <if> task and use various Nant functions to see if a property is >defined or if a file exists. And, unlike the <available> task, you can do >other things besides setting a single property. > >However, they are similar enough that you could easily pick up Nant if you're >use to Ant. Since the heart of your process is based upon <cl>, <mc>, <rc>, >and <csc> tasks, it would make sense to use Nant instead of Ant. > >The biggest problem of Nant is the sparseness of the Nant documentation. Nant >is still officially on version 0.85, so they haven't bothered to flesh out >the documentation just yet. Microsoft and many of the other companies in the >Microsoft environment are also not a big supporters of Open Source software. >Unlike the Unix world where many of the larger companies actually hire people >to work on Open Source projects and many professionals contribute to Open >Source software because they use it in their daily work, the Microsoft world >is still getting use to the idea that they are becoming dependent upon Open >Source projects like Nant. > >Still, I can see that great strides have been made in documentation. You can >find the Nant documentation here: http://nant.sourceforge.net/ >release/0.85/help/. > > > >On Jun 28, 2007, at 1:50 AM, query wrote: > >> >>Is it possible to use NANT within ANT just like ant-contrib ? >>I may need NANT only for<cl>,<mc>,<rc> and <csc> tasks. For all other things >>I am comfortable using ANT tool. >> >> >> >>On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 David Weintraub wrote : >>>If you're using Microsoft's .NET framework, you might want to look at >>>Nant and not Ant. Nant is the .Net equivalent of Ant. Nant has a <mc> >>>task which uses the Microsoft Message compiler and a <cl> task for >>>compiling VSC++ code. >>> >>>Take a look at: http://nant.sourceforge.net/ and see if this does what you >>>want. >>> >>>On 22 Jun 2007 11:45:18 -0000, query <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>><cc> task in ANT is having an attribute with values "msvc" and "msrc" for >>>>microsoft Visual C++ and microsoft resource compilers respectively. >>>> >>>>Is there any task or attribute for microsoft message compiler? >>>> >>>>Similarly, is there any task for IDLToCLSCompiler.exe ued in microsoft.NET >>>>framework? >>>> >>>>I want to know as soon as possible. >>> >>> >>>-- -- >>>David Weintraub >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > >David Weintraub >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
