Does it work consistenly from the command line, outside of eclipse? If so, it is likely a problem with the input handler that eclipse uses, or eclipse itself, not ant.
-Rob Anderson > -----Original Message----- > From: Rhino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:00 AM > To: ant-user > Subject: Intermittent problem with input task > > I've been having an intermittent problem with the 'input' > task for the past several days. I'm baffled by what causes it > and would like to know if anyone else has seen this or knows > of a solution/workaround to keep it from happening? > > I'm using Ant 1.6.5 in Eclipse 3.1.1 and my problem is > simple: my 'input' > task _occasionally_ fails to bring up the input dialog. Even > with -verbose and -debug in my startup parameters, the Ant > output simply shows the name of the target that contains the > input task with no other output, like so: > getserver: > > > The build doesn't seem to succeed _or_ fail; there is nothing > after the 'getserver:' line. However, the build seems to have > ended because I can launch it again without a problem. > > I was getting this problem very persistently a few days ago, > then it went away suddenly. Now it is back. I can't think of > anything I have done in my build script or my environment to > cause my 'input' task to work or fail intermittently; the > target is itself has been working unchanged for a couple of > years until this problem started the other day. Here is the target: > > <target name="getserver" description="Determine which server > is the target"> > <input message="Which server should receive the files? 1. > Silo 2. Bongo" > validargs="1,2" > addproperty="server.choice" > defaultvalue="2"/> > <condition property="servername" value="Silo"> > <equals arg1="${server.choice}" arg2="1"/> > </condition> > <condition property="servername" value="Bongo"> > <equals arg1="${server.choice}" arg2="2"/> > </condition> > </target> > > Can anyone help me figure out how to get the 'input' task > working _all_ of the time? This is really messing me up. I > have several input tasks to prompt for input that should not > be hard-coded in the script for security reasons. > > Rhino > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.2/208 - Release > Date: 20/12/2005 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
