how can i use a property to enable/disable a general target

[Tibor Strausz <Ti...@tridion.com>]

hi,

main question: how can i use a property to enable/disable a general target.

i have a general target which i execute from a main target with antcall with
differnet param's
like so:
    <antcall target="RunBat">
      <param name="project" value="Shared\TDSDefines\BuildTypeLib.bat"/>  
    </antcall>
this is ok ;-)

now i have a build.properties in which the user can define if he want st
build the different steps
like so:
  <property name="BuildTypeLib" value="yes"/>

how can i use this property so that the general RunBat will only build if
${BuildTypeLib} == true

if can't use <traget name="RunBat" if="${BuildTypeLib}"/> because its a
general task (and the if only looks at if the BuildTypeLib is defined and
not if its true/yes/on but thats a minor problem which i can work arround
;-)

thnx

tibi

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RE: how can i use a property to enable/disable a general target

[Geoff Meakin <ge...@isocra.com>]

An easy, although perhaps not particularly attractive way of doing this is
to define a router-task, that you antcall, with the router-task depending
on the RunBat. That way you get the if/unless working again

e.g.

<antcall target="RunBat_router">
  <params  etc.. />
</antcall>

<target name="RunBat_router" depends="RunBat"/>
<target name="RunBat" if="BuildTypeLib">
  do whatever...
</target>


There's probably a neater way of doing it though.
In fact is there? Cos if there is I'd like to know :)

Cheers
-Geoff


-----Original Message-----
From: Tibor Strausz [mailto:Tibor.Strausz@tridion.com]
Sent: 12 August 2002 10:40 AM
To: Ant Users List (E-mail)
Subject: how can i use a property to enable/disable a general target



hi,

main question: how can i use a property to enable/disable a general target.

i have a general target which i execute from a main target with antcall with
differnet param's
like so:
    <antcall target="RunBat">
      <param name="project" value="Shared\TDSDefines\BuildTypeLib.bat"/>
    </antcall>
this is ok ;-)

now i have a build.properties in which the user can define if he want st
build the different steps
like so:
  <property name="BuildTypeLib" value="yes"/>

how can i use this property so that the general RunBat will only build if
${BuildTypeLib} == true

if can't use <traget name="RunBat" if="${BuildTypeLib}"/> because its a
general task (and the if only looks at if the BuildTypeLib is defined and
not if its true/yes/on but thats a minor problem which i can work arround
;-)

thnx

tibi

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RE: how can i use a property to enable/disable a general target

[Geoff Meakin <ge...@isocra.com>]

Sorry, on re-reading your email, I think I've mis-understood the question!!

-Geoff


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