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| AntView Eclipse plug-in |
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| An eclipse plug-in to run ANT build file targets from within the IDE. |
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| Release Notes |
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| 2002.10.30 |
| Integrated Ant View into Eclipse repository |
| 2002.09.05 |
| Release Candidate 2.2.6 |
| Fixes: |
| 1) Tree View errors on build files with custom task/path requirements |
| 2) executing run with no targets selected now produces a log message |
| 2002.08.15 |
| Release 2.2.5 |
| Fixes: |
| 1) Preferences take immediate effect on apply or ok. |
| 2) Ant classpath inheritence fixed via R2.0 AntRunner class. |
| 3) Project topsort no longer generates debug/LogC Console output |
| 4) Problem using JDK 1.4.0_01 and Ant 1.5 corrected. |
| Features: |
| 1) Target filter - Filter visible targets based on target description attribute. |
| 2) Added identification of target execute children. |
| e.g. select a target and all other targets that would be executed |
| that have not already been selected will be indicated by a '*' |
| 3) Alternate Ant build file name. Configurable via preferences page, |
| default is build.xml |
| 4) Ant build file parsing errors appear in viewer tree. |
| Identified with red icon and error description node with line number. |
| 5) Target node labels are configurable via preferences page. |
| a) Target name |
| b) Target description attribute |
| c) Both |
| 6) Ant execution is via Eclipse 2.0 AntRunner class with Progress dialog. |
| This configures ant classpath from Eclipse Ant Core preferences page with |
| Eclipse Ant Core tasks and types. |
| 7) Viewer will now display an error node instead of a blank viewer when |
| no build files are found. |
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| 2002.07.15 |
| Release 2.0.1 |
| Fixes: |
| 1) eclipse.running property set for ANT build |
| 2) supports project directory outside of eclipse home |
| New Features: |
| 1) project node labels now have the option of being |
| a) directory location, |
| b) project name attribute, |
| c) both |
| 2) preference page to modify project node labeling. |
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| 2002.07.05 |
| Release 2.0.0 |
| Rewrite to Eclipse R2.0 IDE |
| Removed Log4J requirement |
| Added Ant Target dependency and target execution information |
| Change Ant output from R1.0 AntConsole to R2.0 LogConsole |
| Removed preferences page |
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| 2002.05.31 |
| Functional release 1.2.5 |
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| Installation |
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| 1) Unpack the distribution file in the 'plug-ins' directory of your eclipse installation. |
| 2) Launch eclipse |
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| Usage |
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| Activate View |
| 1) From eclipse menu select: |
| Window -> Show View -> Other |
| This will bring up the View Selection Dialog |
| 2) From View Selection Dialog select: |
| External Tools -> AntView |
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| Run Ant Target(s) |
| o The AntView is a tree, with the top level being the project/directory of the Ant Build file |
| and the sub-items being the Targets. |
| o A target can be selected (double-click), the order the targets are run is |
| displayed next to the target when selected. To deselect a target, double-click again. |
| o To run all selected targets, select the 'running man' icon on the view tool bar or the |
| right click menu in the view. |
| o To clear all selections (reset), select the 'eraser' icon on the view tool bar or the |
| right click menu in the view. |
| o To Refresh/Reload Ant Build files, select the 'circular arrows' icon on the view tool bar |
| or the right click menu in the view. |
| o To change the display level output of the Ant build process, select the 'down triangle' |
| then the 'Display level' menu option or use the right click menu in the view. |
| o Open target item to see additional information on target dependiencies and execution order. |
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