Building With Ant

Ant enables you to execute a target defined in a project file for use with Ant, a runtime that can be used to write scripts that can be run in lieu of the make command. The advantages of using Ant are:

For help building projects with Ant, see:

Ant Project Files

Creating and Running an Ant Project

Executing a Target

Editing Ant Scripts in the Explorer

Configuring Ant Settings

For help with more advanced Ant features, see:

Running Ant Scripts

Compiling Ant Scripts

Compiling Files With Ant

Creating Custom Ant Tasks

For information on the Ant tool, see The Jakarta Project at jakarta.apache.org/ant or see the Ant 1.3 Manual. To see the Ant manual online, scroll to the Ant 1.3 Manual folder in the Table of Contents or choose Help Help Sets Ant 1.3 Manual.


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