The <taskdef> addition fixed things for me.
Thanks,
Craig
--- Frank Heinst�tter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi Craig!
>
> Obviously it was not documented. This is the way I
> solved it:
>
> 1) download NetComponents.jar (NetComponents 1.3.8)
> from
> http://www.savarese.org/oro/ and add it to your
> CLASSPATH
>
>
> 2) add a global task such as this to your buildfile:
> <taskdef name="ftp"
>
classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.FTP"/>
>
>
> I'm not sure why I had to do 2), as this is included
> in defaults.properties.
>
> Hope I could help.
>
> Cheers,
> Frank
>
>
> > when I try:
> >
> > <target name="ftp">
> > <ftp server="servername"
>
> ...
>
> > </ftp>
> > </target>
> >
> > I get the following:
> > build.xml:111: Could not create task of type: ftp.
> > Common solutions are to use taskdef to declare
> your
> > task, or, if this is an optional task, to put the
> > optional.jar in the lib directory of your ant
> > installation (ANT_HOME).
> >
> > The optional.jar file is in my ANT_HOME. I'm using
> > ant1.2 and jdk1.1.8... hmmm is that my problem?
> Should
> > I use jdk1.3? And if so, how do I use jdk1.3 to
> > execute ant and then jdk1.1.8 to compile my code?
>
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