Ant User Manual

Splash

by Les Hughes (leslie.hughes@rubus.com)

Description

This task creates a splash screen. The splash screen is displayed for the duration of the build and includes a handy progress bar as well. Use in conjunction with the sound task to provide interest whilst waiting for your builds to complete...

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required	Default
imageurl	A URL pointing to an image to display.	No	antlogo.gif from the classpath
useproxy	Use a proxy to access imgurl. Note: Only tested on JDK 1.2.2 and above	No	None
proxy	IP or hostname of the proxy server	No	None
port	Proxy portnumber	No	None
user	User to authenticate to the proxy as.	No	None
password	Proxy password	No	None
showduration	Initial period to pause the build to show the splash in milliseconds.	No	5000 ms

Examples

<splash/>

Splash images/ant_logo_large.gif from the classpath.

<splash imageurl="http://jakarta.apache.org/images/jakarta-logo.gif"
           useproxy="true"
           showduration="5000"
           proxy="proxy.mydomain.com"
           port="8080"
           user="BuildEng"
           password="LetMePass"/>

Splashes the jakarta logo, via a connection through the proxy at proxy.mydomain.com on port 8080 (as user BuildEng/LetMePass) for an initial period of 5 seconds.