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Hi Friends,
Does ANT have anything to do with version of jdk on the system. I am using the latest version
(i,e j2sdk1.4.1_01)
I have tried installing three different versions of ant...and everytime , I cannot do it
After following the instructions for setting
ANT_HOME, and setting path and classpath according, I still cant make them work.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Sri
 
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I could get around the problem by using jdk 1.3. But Can someone give me correct reason...because i dont remember seeing about the version thing anywhere listed (may be I missed it on the Ant site).
Thanks in advance
Sri
 
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This is how I set mine up, I guess you are using windows as well.
In my user variable window (Top Window)I create the three following variables:
ANT_HOME C:\jakarta-ant-1.5.1
JAVA_HOME C:\j2sdk1.4.0_03
Path %JAVA_HOME%\bin;%ANT_HOME%\bin.
and then by running just ant in my command prompt I get the message:
Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
This means that my ant is up and running.
have you typed path in your command prompt this will output your path.
Check also that ant.bat is in your ANT_HOME%\bin path. and that you have your ant.jar and optional.jar in your lib path.
Hope this helps Tony
 
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Tony...
I messed up somewhere but not able to know where.
Thanks , your solution also works for me.
Sri
 
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