Running Ant

To run Ant in the workbench:

1.

In the Navigator view, select a file of type *.xml.

2.

Bring up the context menu.

3.

Select the "Run Ant..." menu item.  The Ant Wizard will come up if the XML file is a valid script.  

4.  Select a target in the list of Available Targets.

You may select more than one item in the list.  The order in which you select the items is the order in which they will run.  This is the number indicated in square brackets.

5. If applicable, type any required arguments in the Arguments text field.
6.  If you want output from the script to display in a console in the workbench then select the "Display execution log to Ant console" checkbox.   If this is selected the Ant Console will open, displaying any applicable execution results.
7.  Click the Finish button on the wizard.

Here is what the Ant Wizard looks like:

When you execute the script, the output goes to the Ant Console view:

More information about Ant is available at http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html.