[Nant-users] how to make a build file more concise

[Hearn, Bruce]

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Hi,   I use a main build file to execute a number of tasks in sub-build files.  I want to be able to support the ability to run nant like this:   nant clean compile document   So my main file is currently of this form:               <target name="compile" description="build the code">                         <property name="the.target" value="compile"/>                         <nant buildfile="Common\Common.build" target="${the.target}"/>                         <nant buildfile="DataAccess\DataAccess.build" target="${the.target}"/>                         <nant buildfile="Business\ Business.build" target="${the.target}"/>                         <nant buildfile="Presentation\ Presentation.build" target="${the.target}"/>             </target>               <target name="document" description="document the code">                         <property name="the.target" value="document"/>                         <nant buildfile="Common\Common.build" target="${the.target}"/>                         <nant buildfile="DataAccess\DataAccess.build" target="${the.target}"/>                         <nant buildfile="Business\ Business.build" target="${the.target}"/>                         <nant buildfile="Presentation\ Presentation.build" target="${the.target}"/>             </target>                         <target name="clean" description="clean up old build output" >                         <property name="the.target" value="clean"/>                         <nant buildfile="Common\Common.build" target="${the.target}"/>                         <nant buildfile="DataAccess\DataAccess.build" target="${the.target}"/>                         <nant buildfile="Business\ Business.build" target="${the.target}"/>                         <nant buildfile="Presentation\ Presentation.build" target="${the.target}"/>             </target>   My question: is there a way to do this more concisely, so I don't have to repeat that same block of nant tasks 3 times in the build file?  I do want to keep the overall clean, compile, and document processes totally distinct, so that all the clean tasks run before all the compile tasks.   Thanks,   Bruce   -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Francisco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 3:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [nant-dev] How to use nunit2 task   I getting a crash in NAnt when trying to use the nunit2 task.   I tried using the nunit2 task using the following in my build script:    <target name="test" depends="build" description="Runs NUnit tests">   <nunit2>    <test assemblyname="Reveal.exe" />   </nunit2>  </target> The result I get is: INTERNAL ERROR System.IO.FileLoadException: Unable to load file 'nunit.framework'. File name: "nunit.framework"   Server stack trace:    at System.Reflection.Assembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, B oolean isStringized, Evidence assemblySecurity, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Ass embly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)    at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Boolean stringized, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)    at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, Evidence as semblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)    at System.Activator.CreateInstance(String assemblyName, String typeName, Bool ean ignoreCase, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureI nfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes, Evidence securityInfo, StackCrawlMar k& stackMark)    at System.Activator.CreateInstance(String assemblyName, String typeName, Bool ean ignoreCase, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureI nfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes, Evidence securityInfo)    at System.AppDomain.CreateInstance(String assemblyName, String typeName, Bool ean ignoreCase, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureI nfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes, Evidence securityAttributes)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink.PrivateProcessMessage(M ethodBase mb, Object[] args, Object server, Int32 methodPtr, Boolean fExecuteInC ontext, Object[]& outArgs)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMes sage msg, Int32 methodPtr, Boolean fExecuteInContext)   Exception rethrown at [0]:    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage req Msg, IMessage retMsg)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgDa ta, Int32 type)    at System.AppDomain.CreateInstance(String assemblyName, String typeName, Bool ean ignoreCase, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureI nfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes, Evidence securityAttributes)    at SourceForge.NAnt.Tasks.NUnit2.NUnit2TestDomain.CreateTestRunner(AppDomain domain)    at SourceForge.NAnt.Tasks.NUnit2.NUnit2TestDomain.Run(String assemblyFile, St ring configFilePath, EventListener listener)    at SourceForge.NAnt.Tasks.NUnit2.NUnit2Task.RunRemoteTest(NUnit2Test test, Ev entListener listener)    at SourceForge.NAnt.Tasks.NUnit2.NUnit2Task.ExecuteTask()    at SourceForge.NAnt.Task.Execute()    at SourceForge.NAnt.Target.Execute()    at SourceForge.NAnt.Project.Execute(String targetName)    at SourceForge.NAnt.Project.Execute()    at SourceForge.NAnt.Project.Run()   Fusion log follows:   Please send bug report to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try 'nant -help' for more information I can run nunit-console just fine from the command-line, but NAnt seems unable to be crashing.   Is there anything special I need to do to my NT CMD shell ?   - Ants