2.1.2.  Dynamic commandline example

The following example shows you how to use dynamic commandline feature of the sfx task.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<project basedir="." name="foo" default="main">

<taskdef classpath="orangevolt-ant-tasks-1.3.2.jar" resource="com/orangevolt/tools/ant/taskdefs.properties"/>

<target name="main">

<sfx

archive="foo.jar"

mode="win32"

icon="images/foo.gif"

execute="javaw -cp lib; -Djava.ext.dirs=${env:TOMCAT_HOME|c:\tomcat}\common\lib -Ddesktop=${reg:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Desktop} foo.bar"

output="foo.exe"

/>

<sfx

archive="foo.jar"

mode="unix"

execute="java -cp lib; -Djava.ext.dirs=${env:TOMCAT_HOME|c:\tomcat}\common\lib -Ddesktop=${env:HOME\Desktop} foo.bar"

output="foo.exe"

/>

</target>

</project>

The created executable will extract the contents to the temp directory, evaluates the ccommandline string and executes it.

The evaluation replaces ${env:TOMCAT_HOME|c:\tomcat} by the value of enviroment variable TOMCAT_HOME or (if it not exists) by c:\temp.

On windows: ${reg:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Desktop} will be replaced by the path of the windows desktop directory or an empty string (if it is not found).

On unix: ${env:HOME\Desktop} will be replaced by the pathof the kde desktop directory or an empty string (if it is not found).