Re: How add global property with input task?

2009-09-12 Thread don rhummy
I figured out a workaround that's weird but it's the ONLY thing that makes the properties global and accessible outside the task where the input is used. This actually works! It takes the value of the property "newProp" from the input and places it into a global property of the sa

How add global property with input task?

2009-09-12 Thread don rhummy
When I have an Input task with "addProperty", the property it creates is only valid within that one target. So if two targets are being called in the same build run, the property added by the input task in target "1" is not visible in target "2"!! How would I add it globally? The below two exam

Does the Ant launcher really want the whole VM to itself?

2009-09-12 Thread David Byrden
Am I correct in saying that ANT 1.7 has this limitation; it requires full ownership of the VM? I say this because of 2 things: [1] It calls System.exit() which kills the entire VM. This is not desirable if another Java program calls Ant. [2] It assumes that it was loaded by the bootstrap Clas