Oxygen XML Author plugin 13.2.0

Transforming Documents | 298Figure 129: Ant scenario - Options tabThe following parameters are available on the Options tab:• Working directory - Path of the current directory of the Ant external process. An editor variable can be insertedin this text box using the small green arrow button ( ).• Build file - Ant script file that is the input of the Ant external process. An editor variable can be inserted in this textbox using the small green arrow button ( ).• Build target - Optionally a build target from the Ant script file can be specified. If no target is specified the Anttarget that is specified as default in the Ant script file will be executed.• Additional arguments - Additional command-line arguments to be passed to the Ant transformation (for example-verbose).• Ant Home - Path to the Ant installation to run the transformation. By default it is the Ant installation version 1.8.2that is bundled with Oxygen XML Author plugin . A custom Ant installation can also be set.• Java Home - The path to the Java Virtual Machine that runs the Ant transformation. By default it is the Java VirtualMachine that is bundled with Oxygen XML Author plugin . A custom Java virtual machine can also be set.• JVM Arguments - This parameter allows you to set specific parameters to the Java Virtual Machine used by Ant.By default it is set to -Xmx256m which means the transformation process is allowed to use 256 megabytes of memory.Sometimes, when performing a large DITA map transformation you may want to increase the memory allocated tothe Java Virtual Machine from the default value (256 MB) to a higher value, like 512 MB. In this way, you can avoidrunning out of memory (OutOfMemoryError) when running an Ant process.• Libraries - This button allows adding to the classpath of the Ant process any external libraries that are not bundledwith Ant (that is they are not built-in Ant libraries).