Import File Ant Scirpt

[sasank ch]

Hi All,

I have one replace.xml with Task1 and MainBuild.xml , SubBuild1.xml , SubBuild2.xml

The replace.xml:
<target name="task1"></target>
<target name="task2"></target>

In the MainBuild.xml
<import file="replace.xml">
<target name="">
<ant antfile="/sample/SubBuild1.xml" target="build"/>
<ant antfile="/sample/SubBuild1.xml" target="build"/>
</target>

But i need to call replace.xml targets from the Sub Build files and need not imported replace.xml in sub build files.
Is it posiible by using ANT script and could you please let me know any other ways to achive this task.
It would be great help.

Regards,
Sam

[Peter Johnson]

I do not think that what you want to do is possible. If you want to invoke any of the targets in replace.xml from the SubBuild1.xml, then SubBuild1.xml will have to include replace.xml. For what I can tell, when you use the ant task, your current set of properties is passed to ant build you are invoking, but it reads the specified build file (SubBuild1.xml, for example) and acts only on targets and definitions it finds there.

Perhaps if you would describe why you have several build files and sub build files, we might be able to come up with some other mechanism.