thank you. i realize this ought to be an ant-user post. my mistake. sorry for littering this group.
-----Original Message----- From: Diane Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 3:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: property setting --- "J. Michael Caine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why does "message = red" always get printed here? shouldn't "message = > green" be printed? > > <project name="test"> > <property name="color" value="red"/> > <target name="bogus"> > <property name="color" value="green"/> > <echo message="message = ${color}"/> > </target> > </project> Nope -- once a property is set, it can't be reset, except when using the <antcall>/<ant> tasks. See the doc for info on those tasks. P.S. This type of question should really go to ant-user. Diane ===== ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
