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| <h3>Non-Ant project builders</h3> |
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| <P CLASS="Para"> When we worked through our project builder example, you may have |
| noticed that when we created our project builder Ant buildfile, we had a choice |
| of external tool type:<br> |
| <img src="../images/Image614_et_type_dialog.png" alt="Choice of external tool type dialog" border="0" > </P> |
| <P CLASS="Para">The <b>Program</b> option is essentially a catch-all, allowing you |
| to define an external tool for any executable file that is accessible on your |
| local or network file system. Suppose that instead of Ant, you prefer to use |
| your own shell scripts or Windows .bat files to jar up and deploy your Eclipse |
| projects. You would then create a Program external tool that specified where |
| and how to execute your script. </P> |
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| <li>Create a script that performs your preferred deployment steps.</li> |
| <li>Select the project that you wish to build in one of the navigation views, |
| and choose <b>Properties</b> from the context menu.</li> |
| <li>Select <b>Builders</b>, click <b>New...</b>, select <b>Program</b> and click |
| <b>OK</b>.</li> |
| <li>The External Tools dialog appears, configured for Program type tools.</li> |
| <li>Enter the location of your script, its working directory, and any required |
| arguments. <br> |
| <img src="../images/Image615_program_builder.png" alt="External tools dialog for program type tools" border="0" > |
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| <li>In this case, the script is a Windows .bat file, but it could be a Linux |
| shell script, a Perl script or just about anything else that can be executed |
| on your system. </li> |
| <li>The <b>Refresh</b> and <b>Build Options</b> tabs are identical to the tabs |
| we saw for Ant project builders. In particular, the <b>Build Options</b> tab |
| allows us to control what types of builds trigger our project builder buildfile.</li> |
| <li>Apply the changes, and click <b>OK</b>.</li> |
| <li>As with Ant project builders, we can control the ordering of this project |
| builder with respect to other project builders (such as the default Java Builder |
| for Java projects).</li> |
| <li>Rebuild your project. This will trigger your script to execute. Any output |
| it generates will be sent to the Console view.</li> |
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| <p>Ant is a popular tool for configuring and deploying projects. But if you prefer |
| some other tool, or prefer to do it yourself, you can set up a Program external |
| tool project builder. This allows you customize the deployment of your project |
| as you see fit, while keeping the convenience of automatically running your |
| script every time your project is built.</p> |
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