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| <h1>Running Ant buildfiles</h1> |
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| <p>Any file with a <code>.xml</code> extension can be run as an Ant buildfile. |
| Of course, not all such files really are Ant buildfiles, but no harm is done |
| if an attempt is made to mistakenly run a non-Ant <code>.xml</code> file as an Ant buildfile.</p> |
| <p>In this section, the basic mechanisms for running Ant buildfiles |
| in Eclipse will be covered, using the <code>HelloWorld.xml</code> file created in the <a href="qs-83_edit.htm">Editing Ant buildfiles</a> task.</p> |
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| <li>Select <code>HelloWorld.xml</code> in one of the navigation views and choose <b>Run As |
| > Ant Build... </b> from its context menu.</li> |
| <li>The launch configuration dialog is opened on a launch configuration for this Ant buildfile. |
| <p><img src="../images/ant_run_dialog.png" alt="Run Ant dialog" border="0"></p> |
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| <li>This dialog allows the configuration of many aspects of the way an Ant |
| buildfile is run, but for now concentrate on the <b>Targets</b> tab which |
| allows the selection of which Ant targets to run and their order. Select both |
| targets and leave the order as the default. </li> |
| <li>Click the <b>Run</b> button.</li> |
| <li>The Ant buildfile is run, and the output is sent to the <b><a href="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/reference/views/console/ref-console_view.htm">Console view</a></b>.</li> |
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| <h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3> |
| <a href="qs-82_create.htm">Creating Ant buildfiles</a><br> |
| <a href="qs-83_edit.htm">Editing Ant buildfiles</a><br> |
| <a href="qs-85_ant_configs.htm">Saving & Reusing Ant options</a><br> |
| <a href="qs-84_run_ant.htm">Running Ant buildfiles</a><br> |
| <a href="qs-93_project_builder.htm">Creating a project builder Ant buildfile</a><br> |
| <a href="qs-92_project_builders.htm">Ant buildfiles as project builders</a><br> |
| <a href="qs-94_run_pj.htm">Executing project builders</a><br> |
| <a href="qs-95_external_tools.htm">External tools</a><br> |
| <a href="qs-96_non_ant_pjs.htm">Non-Ant project builders</a><br> |
| <a href="qs-97_standalone_ets.htm">Stand-alone external tools</a> |
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