Calling java and capturing output to a property

[Robert Mark Bram <re...@optusnet.com.au>]

Hi All!

I have a small app that brings up a Java FileChooser, takes the user's 
selection and writes the file name to standard output. Is there a way to 
call that app from ant and capture the output into a property?

Thanks for any advice!

Rob
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Re: Calling java and capturing output to a property

[Rhino <rh...@sympatico.ca>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Mark Bram" <re...@optusnet.com.au>
To: "Ant" <us...@ant.apache.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 5:38 AM
Subject: Calling java and capturing output to a property


> Hi All!
>
> I have a small app that brings up a Java FileChooser, takes the user's
> selection and writes the file name to standard output. Is there a way to
> call that app from ant and capture the output into a property?
>
> Thanks for any advice!
>
Ant is intended to run in batch, not to interact with the user. The only
exception I know is the <input> task. How do you plan to let the user make
the selection from the FileChooser?

As cool as Ant is, I think you're going beyond the bounds of what Ant is
intended to do.

Rhino


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