Summary

Synopsis

Building through Ant on Windows Vista and newer Windows operating systems causes a separate console to open where the build output is written. This console closes as soon as the build has completed which makes debugging any build issues difficult. There is an option which can be used in conjunction with the IA Ant Task which causes the build process to run in the console from which it was launched.

Discussion

You can use the asInvoker property of the Ant task so that the build is run in the console from which it was launched rather than opening a new console which closes as soon as the build completes. A very basic example of a build target which uses this property is as follows:

<target name="build-installer" description="Builds the installer">
<buildinstaller IAProjectFile="${basedir}/Project/Project.iap_xml?

IALocation="${IA_HOME}" asInvoker="true" />
</target>

Notice that the ?asInvoker? property was set to ?true.? This causes the Ant task to launch the build using the build-as-invoker launcher rather than the build launcher. The build launcher is manifested to elevate which causes the build to open in a new console. The build-as-invoker launcher is manifested to run asInvoker, which allows it to run in the console from which it was launched.

Additional Information

For additional information regarding InstallAnywhere?s Ant task, please see the following HelpNet page:

InstallAnywhere Ant Task Reference