ArcGIS Engine Developer Guide

BUILDING A COMMAND-LINE JAVA APPLICATION
2. Save and close the file.
Testing your build environment
Now that you’ve set up all the necessary files for building your application, test it
before proceeding.
1. Open a command prompt and use the “cd” command to change to the root
folder of your project. For example:
cd C:\TintoPoint
2. You should have all the build script files located in this root directory.
3. Type “arcgisant” at the command prompt.
4. You should receive output similar to the following:
Buildfile: build.xml
init:
[mkdir] Created dir: Q:\dop\dev\ant\projects\engine.scenario\build
[mkdir] Created dir: Q:\dop\dev\ant\projects\
engine.scenario\build\classes
validate-engine:
compile:
BUILD FAILED
file:Q:/dop/dev/ant/projects/engine.scenario/build.xml:49: srcdir
"Q:\dop\dev\ant\projects\engine.scenario\src" does not exist!
Total time: 1 second
The build should fail since you do not have any source to build yet. If you look
on disk at your project directory, you should notice a build folder was created.
This is where all build products will be generated.
Clean up the build with the following command:
arcgisant clean
This should generate output similar to the following:
Buildfile: build.xml
clean:
[delete] Deleting directory Q:\dop\dev\ant\projects\engine.scenario\build
[echo] build directory gone!
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