Ant Project Nodes in the Explorer

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The IDE displays all Ant build scripts as Ant project nodes (Ant project node icon) in the Explorer.

Contextual Menu Commands

You can right-click any Ant project node to access the following commands:

Tip You can use the Explorer to mount Ant scripts that are stored in special filesystems, such as JARs or FTP filesystems. You can then view and edit these Ant scripts if the special filesystem supports these actions. Ant scripts stored in special filesystems cannot, however, be run in the IDE.

Node Icons

Icon Description
Ant target node icon Ant target
Node icon for Ant targets with description Ant target with a description. These targets are more visible to the user. For example, running ant -projecthelp at the command line shows these targets first.
Ant task node icon Ant task
Data structure node icon Data structure
Node icon for projects with XML parse errors A project with an XML parse error
Node icon for out of place data structures A data structure that is out of place. The node's tooltip gives an explanation of the error.

Ant Project Node Properties

The Properties tab of an Ant project node's property sheet contains the following properties:

The Execution tab of an Ant project node's property sheet contains the following properties:

Ant Target Node Properties

For Ant target nodes, the Properties window displays the following properties:

See Also
The Explorer
Creating an Ant Project
Editing an Ant Script
Running an Ant Script
Executing a Target

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