Hello Michael, As far as I know, you can't edit arbitrary files with the propertyfile task. The files have to be valid Java property files. For the restrictions on property files, see java.util.Properties load(Reader reader) at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/
Peter West "And all ate and were satisfied." On 11/06/2013, at 11:30 PM, Michael Niemand <michael.niem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Ant-users, > > I get the error below with an Ant skript I wrote. > > I already did some googling and found out, that the problem lies with > strings containing \u, which happens under Windows because of the directory > separator. I changed all those to / but the error remains. > > There are definitely no remaining \u strings in my script. > > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed \uxxxx encoding. > > The error occurs when executing the propertyfile task, so I examined the > file I want to change. This on the other hand contains multiple \u strings. > The file has no relation to ant though, it's a borland project file (xml) > which contains one line like [someParameter]=[someValue]. > > I just want to increase [someValue] by 1. > > So my question is: > > Can the property file I want to change cause the error mentioned > > and if the answer is "yes", > > What can I do, *other than* doing it with a regex task (like finding the > line, propertyregex-ing the value, math+1 the value and regex-replacing the > value) > > Unfortunately I have no influence on the property file, other than the > mentioned value. > > > regards, > > Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
