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Does it work consistenly from the command line, outside of eclipse? If
so, it is likely a problem with the input handler that eclipse uses, or
eclipse itself, not ant.

-Rob Anderson

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhino [mailto:rhino1@sympatico.ca]=20
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:00 AM
> To: ant-user
> Subject: Intermittent problem with input task
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> I've been having an intermittent problem with the 'input'=20
> task for the past several days. I'm baffled by what causes it=20
> and would like to know if anyone else has seen this or knows=20
> of a solution/workaround to keep it from happening?
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> I'm using Ant 1.6.5 in Eclipse 3.1.1 and my problem is=20
> simple: my 'input'=20
> task _occasionally_ fails to bring up the input dialog. Even=20
> with -verbose and -debug in my startup parameters, the Ant=20
> output simply shows the name of the target that contains the=20
> input task with no other output, like so:
> getserver:
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>=20
> The build doesn't seem to succeed _or_ fail; there is nothing=20
> after the 'getserver:' line. However, the build seems to have=20
> ended because I can launch it again without a problem.
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> I was getting this problem very persistently a few days ago,=20
> then it went away suddenly. Now it is back. I can't think of=20
> anything I have done in my build script or my environment to=20
> cause my 'input' task to work or fail intermittently; the=20
> target is itself has been working unchanged for a couple of=20
> years until this problem started the other day. Here is the target:
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> <target name=3D"getserver" description=3D"Determine which server=20
> is the target">
>  <input message=3D"Which server should receive the files? 1.=20
> Silo   2. Bongo"
>   validargs=3D"1,2"
>   addproperty=3D"server.choice"
>   defaultvalue=3D"2"/>
>  <condition property=3D"servername" value=3D"Silo">
>   <equals arg1=3D"${server.choice}" arg2=3D"1"/>
>   </condition>
>  <condition property=3D"servername" value=3D"Bongo">
>   <equals arg1=3D"${server.choice}" arg2=3D"2"/>
>   </condition>
> </target>
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> Can anyone help me figure out how to get the 'input' task=20
> working _all_ of the time? This is really messing me up. I=20
> have several input tasks to prompt for input that should not=20
> be hard-coded in the script for security reasons.
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> Rhino
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