See docs\manual\develop.html
It says there:
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Adding your task to the system is rather simple too:
Make sure the class that implements your task is in the classpath when
starting Ant.
Add a <taskdef> element to your project. This actually adds your task to the
system.
Use your task in the rest of the buildfile.
Example
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="OwnTaskExample" default="main" basedir=".">
<taskdef name="mytask" classname="com.mydomain.MyVeryOwnTask"/>
<target name="main">
<mytask message="Hello World! MyVeryOwnTask works!"/>
</target>
</project>
Another way to add a task (more permanently), is to add the task name and
implementing class name to the default.properties file in the
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs package. Then you can use it as if it were a
built-in task.
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I'm trying to do it the permanent way but I'm not having any success.
--
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 5:08 PM
Subject: Running optional tasks
> I downloaded Pvcs source compiled and put it into optional.jar, which is
in
> %ANT_HOME%\lib.
> When I try to use <pvcs /> I get
> Could not create task of type: pvcs. 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).
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Eric
>
>
