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]>
