That sounds ideal! Cheers!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Hernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 05 March 2004 18:55
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Nant-users] Double expansion of property names?
> 
> 
> Pete,
> 
> Using the new expression support that is the nightly builds, 
> and will be in .85, you can do this...
> 
> <project>
>  <property name="var" value="val"/>
>  <property name="val.var" value="hi"/>
>  <echo message="${property::get-value(var + '.var')}"/> </project>
> 
> C:\src\sf.net\nant>bin\nant -f:expand.xml
> NAnt 0.85 (Build 0.85.1518.0; net-1.0.win32; nightly; 
> 2/27/2004) Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Gerry Shaw 
> http://nant.sourceforge.net
> 
> Buildfile: file:///expand.xml
>      [echo] hi
> 
> BUILD SUCCEEDED
> Total time: 0.1 seconds.
> 
> But other than that, I don't believe we decided to allow 
> nested expression like this. I remember the discussion, and I 
> think the decision was made to use functions rather than 
> nested expressions. :)
> 
> Does this work for you?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter McEvoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Nant-users] Double expansion of property names?
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> > I am trying to build a library of reusable targets that I 
> can include 
> > into my build files.  In order to do this, I'd really like 
> to be able 
> > to be
> able
> > to evaluate properties like the following:
> >
> > ${$nant.project.name}.dist.dir}
> >
> > in my reusable target, which would then expand to the value of (say)
> >
> > ${myproj.dist.dir}
> >
> > I get an error if I try this (which I kinda expected).  Is 
> there any 
> > way I could workaround this?
> >
> > Pete
> 
> 
> 
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