Building With Ant

The IDE's Ant support enables you to compile and build your classes using build scripts written for Ant, a Java-based build tool that can be used in lieu of the make command. The advantages of using Ant are:

For help building projects with Ant, see:

Ant Project Files
Creating an Ant Project
Editing an Ant Script
Running an Ant Script
Executing a Target
Creating a Shortcut to a Target
Configuring Ant Settings

For help with more advanced Ant features, see:

Compiling Files With Ant
Compiling Projects With Ant
Creating a Custom Ant Task
Setting Properties in an Ant Script

For information on the Ant tool, see The Jakarta Project at jakarta.apache.org/ant or see the Ant 1.4.1 Manual. To see the Ant manual online, scroll to the Ant 1.4.1 Manual folder in the Table of Contents or choose Help and choose Help Sets and choose Ant 1.4.1 Manual.


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