Hi, I was thinking that all of the core tasks that have if= and unless= attributes could have a common ancestor which would be a subclass of org.apache.tools.ant.Task
Is there an obvious reason to not do this? If this makes sense I can code it up and submit it. -Mike ________________________ Mike Jennings Southgate Software Ltd (250) 382-6851 tel (250) 818-5230 cel (250) 592-6851 fax