Hi Fletcher,
I recommend to use Ant-Contrib.
See Variable Task, and If-Then task
Regards,
trad-ex
>I would like to be able to take a macro parameter such as "devel" and
>use this information to compute the actual path where the data is stored
>(ex \\pca001\mypath). Unfortunately I cannot use properties for these
>values because they are immutable once set and I may use each macro more
>than once.
>
>
>How would I take a macro parameter and compute a path in a way that the
>macro can be run more than once?
>
>
>I am using Ant and some Ant macros to encapsulate deploying code in my
>organization. In the build.xml for each system I use a single ant task
>such as this to deploy the application onto the server.
>
> <deployCorporateWebApp
> assemblypath="PetroCanada.Finance.Tales.Website"
> target-tier="pcaw2"
> target-level="devel"
> target-name="talefin"
> webconfig="Deploy\Config\website-devel.config"
>/>
>
>This is a simplified example of the macro definition.
>
> <macrodef name="deployCorporateWebApp">
> <attribute name="target-tier" default="pcaw2" />
> <!-- etc -->
>
> <sequential>
>
> <!-- Setup the target.basepath property -->
> <condition property="target.basepath"
>value="\\pcaw2d1\wwwroot$">
> <equals arg1="@{target-tier}"
>arg2="pcaw2" />
> </condition>
>
> <condition property="target.basepath"
>value="\\pcaw2s1\wwwroot$">
> <equals arg1="@{target-tier}"
>arg2="pcaw2" />
> </condition>
>
> <fail unless="target.basepath"
> message="Unknown target-level." />
>
> <!-- Compute the rest of the properties. -->
> <property name="target.path"
> value =
>"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" />
>
> <!-- Simplified example of the actualy code -->
> <delete dir="${target.path}" />
> <copy todir="{target.basepath}"/>
> </sequential>
> </macrodef>
>
>This does not work because properties are immutable once set.
>
>
>Michael Fletcher
>Corporate and Executive Systems
>(403) 296-4215
>
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