Re: [NAnt-users] Including properties from another build file incurrent build file

[Bob A. <Bob...@am...>]

    <include buildfile="${path::get-full-path(local.properties)}" />

 

Wouldn't you need a .xml here since that is your file name?

 

BOb

 

 

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From: Ben Floyd [mailto:dat...@gm...] 
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 12:45 PM
To: nan...@li...
Subject: [NAnt-users] Including properties from another build file
incurrent build file

 

I'm having a problem with the <include /> task trying to load a local
properties file from a global properties file. The following build files
should explain the problem:

===========================
C:\Dev\project\ui\ui.build
===========================
<? xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<project name="project.ui" basedir="." default="build"
xmlns="http://nant.sf.net/release/0.86-beta1/nant.xsd">
  <property name="root.dir" value=".." />
  <include buildfile="${root.dir}/properties.build" />

  <target name="build" depends="init">
       ... compile project etc etc ... this works just fine ...
  </target>

  <target name="dist" depends="build">
    <echo message="Property is needed here: ${server.base}" />
  </target>
</project>

===========================
C:\Dev\project\properties.build
===========================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="global.properties"
xmlns="http://nant.sf.net/release/0.86-beta1/nant.xsd">
  <property name="src.dir"
value="${path::get-full-path(project::get-base-directory())}" />
  <property name="build.dir"                    value="${src.dir}\build"
/>
  <!-- Load local properties if it exists -->
  <property name="local.properties"
value="${root.dir}\local.properties.xml" />
  <if test="${file::exists(local.properties)}">
    <echo message="Local properties file exists!" />
    <include buildfile="${path::get-full-path(local.properties)}" />
  </if>
</project>

===========================
C:\Dev\project\local.properties.xml
===========================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="local.properties"
xmlns="http://nant.sf.net/release/0.86-beta1/nant.xsd">
  <property name="server.base" value="http://localhost:8080/server/" />
</project>

===========================
BUILD OUTPUT - C:\Dev\project\ui>nant.exe -buildfile:ui.build -nologo
dist
===========================
Buildfile: file:///C:/Dev/project/ui/ui.build
Target framework: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
Target(s) specified: dist
     [echo] Local properties file exists!
init:
compile.models:
compile.views:
compile.presenters:
compile:
build:
dist:

BUILD FAILED

C:\Dev\project\ui\ui.build (46,8):
Property evaluation failed.
Expression: ${server.base}
              ^^^^^^^^^^^
    Property 'server.base' has not been set.

Total time: 0.3 seconds.

===========================

When running the ui build script, everything works until it needs to
reference properties that are found in local.properties.xml. I reference
properties that are defined in properties.build and those work just
fine. I can't find anything on the nant website that would explain this
problem. Any suggestions would be very welcome!

Thank You,
BF