On Thursday 14 August 2003 12:28, Knut Wannheden wrote: > > A question: is <macrodef> a special task in the sense that it seems to be > able to suppress Ant from resolving properties for it when the task is > evaluated? Is there a mechanism which allows this to be done in custom > tasks as well?
The trick is that MacroDef uses TaskContainer in a nested element. This is given UnknownElements before they are executed. MacroInstance then copies and walks the tree of unknownelements, modifing attribute values and text values. Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]