Re: [platform-ant-dev] How to use Ant to build my own projects

[kevin.duffey@xxxxxxxxx]

That is a good question. The script does include a 
compilation target in it. Does it somehow not use the 
target in the xml if I used it when no files were to be 
compiled (no changes) but it just packaged everything up 
(the package target)?

The problem I am getting now though is it shows it cant 
execute the classic compiler, then shows javac12.exe not 
being found. I can't figure out how to change this. I 
set my JAVA_HOME to the JDK path, I also changed the JRE 
to use in Eclipse to my JRE install path. So I am not 
sure why its trying to call javac12.exe. But I get a 
nice stack trace (very long one).
> When you use the External Tools history menu (the running man icon)
> you are only running the target(s) for the last build that you configured
> using
> the right click menu (Run Ant...).  Are you sure this includes the
> compilation
> target?
> 
> We are working on improving the external tools integration (which includes
> Ant).
> Hotkey bug report:
> http://dev.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=16618
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> HTH
> Darins
> 
> > Hey all,
> >
> > New member and user of Eclipse here. What an awesome
> > idea. There are just a few issues I have with it, but
> > for the most part it rocks. Better than JBuild, FAR
> > better than Forte!
> >
> > Anyway, I have an old text editor that allowed command
> > line calls. I would use this to trigger my ant script
> > and it worked great. Even better, it allowed hot keys
> > like F1 - F12 and so forth to be assigned which made it
> > super fast to do a build. So, two things related to Ant.
> >
> > First, I tried the right-click on the Ant xml script I
> > have, did a build, and it seemed to compile. In the
> > toolbar I see the little running man icon, and I can
> > select my script to build. However, it is now not doing
> > any compiling. It seems to run the packaging part into
> > the .jar file my build does, but it never seems to pick
> > up the source changes and do a compile. When I clicked
> > properties, it showed it being in the eclipse folder
> > somewhere (forget where), so I changed it to use my
> > c:\projects\myproject\scripts\build.xml. Still does the
> > same thing. So, the first question is, how can I use my
> > build script in my own project /scripts folder? By the
> > way, I added a NEW project, but selected my old folder
> > for it, where I keep all my projects. I can edit all the
> > code just fine, just seems not to pick up any changes
> > during the build.
> >
> >
> > Second thing, is there any "hot" keys that I can assign
> > to just press a key to do my build as opposed to having
> > to use the mouse to right-click on my xml script and do
> > the Run Ant and then check the target I want and hit ok,
> > OR use the running man icon and selecting it? I find
> > using keyboard shortcuts save a lot of time and I am
> > hoping eclipse allows the ability to assign a hot key to
> > execute an external task. If not, any chance this is
> > coming in a version soon?
> >
> > Thanks.
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