Ant features in Application Developer
RAD v7.5 includes the following features to aid in the development and use of Ant scripts:
| Application Developer provides the ability to create and run Ant buildfiles in the Workbench and run the build process in the background like other tasks.
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| The Ant editor also offers content assist (including Ant specific templates) with the ability to insert snippets and syntax highlighting.
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| The Ant editor has a format function that allow you to format your Ant files base on your preferences.
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| The Ant editor also offers annotation support.
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| Application Developer provides the ability to add new Ant tasks and types that will be available for build files.
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| A Problems view is available in the Ant editor to highlight syntax errors in your Ant files.
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In this section, we highlight the following Ant-related features in Application Developer:
