OK, that seems to work, though the build.version is coming back "exported"
At least it's now writing. And I am getting the dates. Progress. Thanks!
Andrew
On Jul 12, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
>
> On Jul 12, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Andrew Kinnie wrote:
>
>> OK, just to clarify, I am a borderline illiterate when it comes to Ant,
>
> Add Learning Ant to your To Do list.
>
>
>> in that, I know, mostly and fairly vaguely, that it provides an xml script
>> to build apps for deployment.
>>
>> And how to spell it. I think.
>>
>> So, just so I understand, you are saying that the first thing I have,
>> immediately after my <project name="MyApp" default="build" basedir="."> tag
>
> I'd add it to the target that builds the app, before the woapplication task.
>
>
>> , I add
>>
>>> <exec dir=".."
>>> executable="svnversion"
>>> outputproperty="svn.committed.max"
>>> errorproperty="svnversion.error">
>>> <arg line="-n"/>
>>> </exec>
>>
>> Then at the bottom of the existing woapplication tag, right after the close
>> tag:
>>>
>>>
>>> </woapplication>
>>>
>>
>> I add this:
>>
>>> <chmod
>>> file="${dest.dir}${file.separator}${build.app.name}.woa${file.separator}${build.app.name}"
>>> perm="755"/>
>>>
>>> <!-- This is not set in Eclipse builds to speed things up so we
>>> create a default value here indicating this. -->
>>> <property name="svn.committed.max" value="unknown eclipse build" />
>>>
>>> <!-- Add the revision number, date, and time to the Properties file
>>> -->
>>> <concat destfile="${java.properties.file}" append="true">
>>> build.version=${svn.committed.max}
>>> build.date=${DSTAMP}
>>> build.time=${TSTAMP}
>>> </concat>
>>> </target>
>>
>> Then do I need to add or change anything in my properties file?
>
> You need to define java.properties.file
>
>
>> Clearly my previous
>>
>>>> public String revisionNumber =
>>>> ERXProperties.stringForKey("RevisionNumber");
>>>> public String buildNumber = ERXProperties.stringForKey("BuildNumber");
>>
>>
>> won't work with this, so I would use "build.version" "build.date and
>> "build.time" as my properties to access the information.
>
> That or rename them in the XML above.
>
>
>>
>> So I now have:
>>
>> public String buildDate = ERXProperties.stringForKey("build.date");
>> public String buildTime = ERXProperties.stringForKey("build.time");
>> public String buildVersion =
>> ERXProperties.stringForKey("build.version");
>>
>> and
>>
>> public String buildVersion(){
>> System.out.println("buildVersion " + buildVersion + " and
>> buildDate is " + buildDate);
>> return buildVersion;
>> }
>>
>> public String buildDate(){
>> return buildDate;
>> }
>>
>> public String buildTime(){
>> return buildTime;
>> }
>>
>> Correct? Or is there something else I would need? (I ask, because looking
>> at it, it would seem that it is supposed to be writing the information to
>> the Properties file, but nothing is being added to it, and I am getting
>> empty strings)
>
> You will probably need to do some Ant debugging. :-)
>
> <echo>....</echo>
>
>
> Chuck
>
>
>>> On Jul 12, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Andrew Kinnie wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am trying to add an svn commit number to the front page of my basically
>>>> headless push app. However, I am apparently doing something stupid and
>>>> missing something obvious.
>>>>
>>>> I added this to the top of the build.xml script for the app (after the
>>>> project tag):
>>>>
>>>> <!-- Write current build and revision #s into Properties file. -->
>>>> <target name="updateBuildNumber">
>>>>
>>>> <exec executable="svnversion" dir="" outputproperty="svn.revision" />
>>>> <echo>Revision: ${svn.revision}</echo>
>>>> <replaceregexp file="Resources/Properties"
>>>> match="RevisionNumber=(.*)"
>>>> replace="RevisionNumber=${svn.revision}" />
>>>> <property environment="env" />
>>>> <echo>Build Number: ${env.BUILD_NUMBER}</echo>
>>>> <replaceregexp file="Resources/Properties"
>>>> match="BuildNumber=(.*)"
>>>> replace="BuildNumber=${env.BUILD_NUMBER}" />
>>>> </target>
>>>>
>>>> I added this to my Properties file for the app (At the top):
>>>>
>>>> RevisionNumber=x
>>>> BuildNumber=x
>>>>
>>>> However, the script is not substituting, and I am not getting anything
>>>> other than "x" with the following code in my Main.java class
>>>>
>>>> public String revisionNumber =
>>>> ERXProperties.stringForKey("RevisionNumber");
>>>> public String buildNumber = ERXProperties.stringForKey("BuildNumber");
>>>>
>>>> public String revisionNumber(){
>>>> System.out.println("buildNumber is " + buildNumber + " and
>>>> revisionNumber is " + revisionNumber);
>>>> return revisionNumber;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> What blindingly obvious thing am I missing?
>>>>
>>>> Andrew
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