I have a custom task which invokes InstallShield Multiplatform 4.53
builds. It does what has been suggested before which is use <arg
value="" /> instead of <arg line="" />. I hope you find it helpful.
Example usage:
<installshield installscript="install/product.xml"
buildconfiguration="0"
installshielddir="C:\Program Files\InstallShield\MP45">
<!-- optional classpath, appends this classpath to the
expected installshield classpath -->
<classpath refid="custombeans.path" />
<!-- optional alias -->
<alias name="ALIAS_1" dir="install" />
</installshield>
The 'installshield' task can also have attributes 'xsl' (XSL file),
'save' (whether or not to save the modification in the project), and
'saveas' (file to save the modified script to).
-----Original Message-----
From: David Clements [mailto:***@merc-int.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 3:35 PM
To: 'Ant Users List'
Subject: RE: Spaces in a command line arg
I am using the exec task to launch InstallShiels Multiplatform. The
path in question ${productImportDirectory} has a space in it. Neither
single or double quotes worked. However if I use a combinatio of both
single and double quotes things are working great.
TASK:
<exec executable="${ISMPDirectory}\ismpc.exe" dir="${ISMPDirectory}" >
<arg line='"${ISMPFile}"'/>
<arg line ='-alias IS_PRD=${productImportDirectory}'/>
<arg line ='-alias IS_INSTALLFILES="C:\vgdev\testing
tmp\current\NEWINSTALL\installer\defaultInstallFiles"'/>
<arg line="-xsl"/>
<arg
line='"${basedir}\..\ismp\omitInactiveComponents.xsl"'/>
<arg line="-build"/>
</exec>
ERROR:
[exec] Initializing InstallShield MultiPlatform 4.5...
[exec] Searching for Java(tm) Virtual Machine...
[exec] Verifying Jview 1.1.4 by Microsoft
[exec] .
[exec] Verifying Jview 1.1.4 by Microsoft
[exec] ........Setting alias IS_PRD to C:\vgdev\testing
[exec] illegal command line argument :
tmp\current\NEWINSTALL\SiteScope\19\
[exec] Running InstallShield MultiPlatform 4.5...
[exec] Result: -3
Hope this helps,
Dave
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 1:12 AM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: Re: Spaces in a command line arg
Post by David ClementsIs there a way to get ant to escape possible space in an
<arg> to and
If you use the <arg value=""> approach with an entry per
argument, rather
than all arguments in the <arg line=""> style, it should
quote arguments
with spaces. If this doesn't work for you, please give us
more detils on how
it fails.
Conor
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