Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Thomas Kellerer" Subject: Re: Swing Gui / Ant Message-ID: <5t42hdF1asu7uU1@mid.individual.net> X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: <676cf21c-f5c3-49b3-b030-a2b4f6b3ae21@x29g2000prg.googlegroups.com> References: <676cf21c-f5c3-49b3-b030-a2b4f6b3ae21@x29g2000prg.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 24 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:41:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303918909 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:41:49 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:41:49 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:2905 To: comp.lang.java.gui Daniel Gee wrote on 22.12.2007 09:36: > On Dec 21, 6:40 am, Emmanuel Ayanrinola wrote: >> I have a question, how can i trigger an ant job from swing. I will >> like ant to pull it values from the swing and build based on selected >> value from the swing GUI. Is there any jar file that will make the >> process easier? Has anyone done anything like this? The other part is >> can one trigger a Macro from swing > > well based on your swing components you just run the desired command > line eg: > > String desiredCommandLine = "ant "+ myGUI.figureArgsString(); > Runtime.getRuntime().exec(desiredCommandLine); No need to run an external process. Ant is just a Java program/class and can be called directly if the libraries are on the classpath of the calling app. --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24