Thanks to all. I got the concept now. Regards, Irfan
-----Original Message----- From: David Weintraub [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:10 AM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: how to change the property value at run time Once an Ant property is set, you can't change it. However, there are a few ways to get around this: 1). In an antcall, you set <param> and these parameters are inherited as properties in the called target: <target name="first"> <antcall target="subtask"> <param name="param1" value="${JAVA_HOME}"/> </antcall> </target> <target name="second"> <antcall target="subtask"> <param name="param1" value="d:/install"/> </antcall> </target> <target name="default" depends="first,second"/> <target name="subtask"> <echo message="Param1 is now set to ${param1}"/> </target> 2). You can do something similar with macrodef 3). Use AntContrib's <var> task: http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/tasks/tasks/variable_task.html. Running "ant default" will print out two different values for ${param1}. On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 9:20 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > > > I need to change the value of a specific property at run time. Can > somebody please let me know how I can do that. > > > > Let's say the property name is "JAVA_HOME" and suppose I want to change > the value of that property to "d:\install" > > > > Please help. > > > > Regards, > > Irfan > > > > -- -- David Weintraub [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
