Ant Support

The Ant module allows the execution of targets defined in a project file for use with Apache's Ant tool. Ant is a runtime that can be used to write scripts that are essentially a replacement for make. Ant is better than make because it is written in Java, creates cross-platform scripts, and uses XML as its scripting language.

This online help includes a description of how to use the Ant module; it also bundles Ant's own documentation for reference. You can quickly jump to the documentation for a task you are interested in. (Try pressing F1 on a task node in the Explorer.)