Properties can be modified using the <property> sub-element of <ant> (which
is what I'm assuming you're using to call a sub-component build, right?)
Are you setting inheritAll?
What version of Ant are you using? Could you provide a simple example of
what is not working as you'd like?
Erik
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From: "Nathan Coast" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ant User (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:46 PM
Subject: property problems
> Hi,
>
> I have a scenario where in the process of building a component,
> sub-components are built. In doing so, a generic build file is used to
build
> the top level component. This generic build file calls the sub-component
> build files. these files in turn can call the generic build file (with
> different values for properties). The problem I'm seeing is that the
> properties in the generic script aren't being updated the second time into
> the file.
>
> is updating of properties like this legal?
>
> Cheers
> Nathan
>
>
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