Hi Keith, I don't if this will work (as I haven't tried it), but how about just calling it from the command line with an <exec> task (calling cmd.exe or /bin/sh) ?
Roland. > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Jacob Kjome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Envoye : mardi 19 novembre 2002 17:53 > A : Ant Users List > Objet : Re[4]: is command line input possible when running <java>? > > > Hello Keith, > > Yeah, I had thought about that. Writing a generic GUI app to run > command line apps within may be the solution. > > thanks, > > Jake > > Tuesday, November 19, 2002, 10:07:30 AM, you wrote: > > KH> Is there scope to put an AWT/Swing interface on your app > that will handle the input? > KH> Not trivial, I know, but in the absence of other suggestions ... > > > KH> -----Original Message----- > KH> From: Jacob Kjome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > KH> Sent: 19 November 2002 16:04 > KH> To: Ant Users List > KH> Subject: Re[2]: is command line input possible when > running <java>? > > > KH> Hello Edward, > > KH> Unless I'm mistaken, the <input> task allows input to set > properties > KH> in ant. This does not address a running java program > that requires > KH> it's own input *after* the app is already running. Keep > in mind, this > KH> app doesn't perform anything Ant related. It is just a > demo app that > KH> I can run from the command line and I want to know if I > can launch it > KH> from within Ant and provide input to it there just like I > could if I > KH> launch it directly on the command line outside of Ant. So far, it > KH> doesn't look like it is possible. Any other comments? > > KH> Jake > > KH> Tuesday, November 19, 2002, 8:46:43 AM, you wrote: > > GE>> Sure, > GE>> http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/manual/CoreTasks/input.html > > GE>> Thank You, > > GE>> Edward Grinvald > GE>> Computer Associates International > GE>> Programmer, Storage Development > GE>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GE>> (631) 342 6350 > > > GE>> -----Original Message----- > GE>> From: Jacob Kjome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > GE>> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:26 AM > GE>> To: Ant Users List > GE>> Subject: RE: is command line input possible when running <java>? > > > > GE>> hmmm... maybe I didn't explain this well. The problem > is that the app > GE>> is > GE>> not running in batch mode. It takes user input. It > isn't a task that > GE>> you > GE>> just give some parameters and say "go off and do > something and come back > > GE>> when you finish". It is an interactive app that you ask > it each time to > GE>> do > GE>> a new thing. So, once it is running, I need to be able > to type commands > GE>> to > GE>> the program. Sending parameters to it when it starts > isn't useful in > GE>> this > GE>> case. > > GE>> Is there any way to do that running under ant with the > <java> task or > GE>> any > GE>> other task in ant? > > GE>> Jake > > GE>> At 02:26 AM 11/19/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >>>use something like > >>>cmd line: > >>> ant -DmyParam="myValue1 myValue2" > >>> > >>>and inside java task use this myParam .. it will be passed > to java task > >>> > >>> > >>>Prem > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: Jacob Kjome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>>Sent: Tuesday, 19 November 2002 11:36 AM > >>>To: Ant Users List > >>>Subject: is command line input possible when running <java>? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>I'm running some demos from my ant build file with the > <java> task. A > >>>couple of the demos are gui apps and I've had no problem > with them. > >>>However, now I have an app that takes command line input > and it doesn't > > >>>seem to be able to take any user input from the console. > Is there a > >>>way to make this work for <java>? Are there other tasks > in Ant that > >>>will allow this? Any suggestions? Of course a user can > just run it > >>>from the command line, but I'd like to have all the demos > available to > >>>run via ant targets. > >>> > >>>Jake > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: > GE>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: > >>><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: > GE>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: > >>><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > GE>> -- > GE>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GE>> For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Jacob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
