Thanks Peter. I did it with a replaceregex task now.
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:55 AM, Peter West <li...@pbw.id.au> wrote: > 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 > > -- Dipl.-Ing. (FH) *Michael Niemand** * Albusstr. 17 60313 Frankfurt/M Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 69 200 130 60 Mobile: +49 (0) 171 645 29 07 eMail: michael.niem...@gmail.com sip:1406...@sipgate.de
