"C:\Program Files" support.
<[email protected]> Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:39:13 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.java.anthill |
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Users Don't Read the Manual. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000062.html Just like any Windows program, I had installed Anthill to "C:\Program Files\anthill-1.8.1.303". And I did not read the manual saying not to do so: "For Windows, we recommend creating a "C:\Programs\anthill-" directory. The default Windows location: "C:\Program Files" contains a space character that may cause unforeseen problems in some applications." Of course, when trying the thing, hell came down on me: 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. OpenSource is very handy here. I inspected source code and discovered root of the problem is that program parameters are NOT surrounded by quotes. [ant -logfile C:\Program Files\I Love Anthill.log] bad. [ant -logfile "C:\Program Files\I Love Anthill.log"] good. My Apache and Tomcat programs are installed in "C:\Program Files". I think it would be a good idea to join the croud by having Anthill support Window's program directory. I'm new here. Do not know if improvements are welcomed. If interested, I have working source code to contribute. Thanks, David