Re: Nant properties Evaluation

Yes that is what I want to do, but include is not possible to do inside
target and I cannot to do that on top of build file since the file does
not exists.
A.

Bob Archer napsal(a):
>> Bob Archer napsal(a):
>>     
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I have another problem.
>>>> I have nant build script which uses subwcrev, which take revision,
>>>>         
>> last
>>     
>>>> date change and so from svn and use this for replace some strings in
>>>> file.
>>>> I use this way.
>>>> I have source file named rev.source like this :
>>>> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>>>> <project xmlns="http://nant.sf.net/release/0.85/nant.xsd"
>>>> default="SetProp" name="MarkGetProp" >
>>>>   <target name="SetProp">
>>>>     <property name="revisionXSLTemplates" value="$WCREV$" />
>>>>     <property name="revisionXSLTemplatesDate"
>>>> value="$WCDATE=%Y%m%d%H%M$" />
>>>>     <property name="revisionXSLTemplatesDateString" value="$WCDATE$"
>>>>         
>> />
>>     
>>>>   </target>
>>>> </project>
>>>> Nant build use subwcrev on that file:
>>>> <exec program="${subwcrev}" commandline="${SourceCodeDir} rev.source
>>>> rev.build" />
>>>> So now I have build file which looks like :
>>>> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>>>> <project xmlns="http://nant.sf.net/release/0.85/nant.xsd"
>>>> default="SetProp" name="MarkGetProp" >
>>>>   <target name="SetProp">
>>>>     <property name="revision" value="35172" />
>>>>     <property name="revisionDate" value="200908271759" />
>>>>     <property name="revDateString" value="2009/08/27 17:59:32" />
>>>>   </target>
>>>> </project>
>>>> I cannot include that file in my build beacause on build script
>>>>         
>> statrs
>>     
>>>> file rev.build does not exists yet.
>>>> So I try to use
>>>> <nant buildfile="rev.build" />
>>>> in my build task, but there is a problem, nant will ends with this
>>>> error:
>>>> Property 'revisionDate' has not been set.
>>>>
>>>> Can you help me with that?
>>>>
>>>> A.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Are you sure you have the namespace specified in all the build files?
>>>
>>> BOb
>>>       
>> Yes I have
>>
>> xmlns="http://nant.sf.net/release/0.85/nant.xsd"
>> in all files, but the projcet name is not same, anyway if I set same
>> name of project id works same.
>> I saw on Inet some sort of problems with namespaces in 0.86, but I have
>> it in all files and It is same.
>> May be the problem is that after nant task (<nant buildfile="rev.build"
>> />) is that file unloaded,as you wrote before, but I cannot know how to
>> make it another way.
>>     
>
> Ok, 
>
> So, let me walk through what I would do and you tell me what you are doing different. I am not quite understanding what you are saying...
>
> In your build file say main.build you have the following code:
>
>
> <exec program="${subwcrev}" commandline="${SourceCodeDir} rev.source rev.build" />
>
> Then you should do:
>
> <include buildfile="rev.build" />
>
> From that point on the three properties set in the rev.build file will be available to main.build.
>
> BOb
>
>   

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