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class com.microfocus.ant.TypeFileList cannot be found

  • May 4, 2016
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Hi,


I'm trying to build a project using ant. For that I started the "enterprise developer command prompt". Then I invoked:

ant -f .cobolBuild

This gives me:


C:\\projects\\>ant -f .cobolBuild
Buildfile: C:\\projects\\.cobolBuild

BUILD FAILED
C:\\projects\\.cobolBuild:3: typedef class com.microfocus.ant.TypeFileList cannot be found
 using the classloader AntClassLoader[]

Total time: 0 seconds

How can I resolve this?

Thanks.


#EnterpriseDeveloper

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    Yvon Abgrall
    • Yvon AbgrallRocketeer
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    • May 4, 2016

    Hi,


    I'm trying to build a project using ant. For that I started the "enterprise developer command prompt". Then I invoked:

    ant -f .cobolBuild

    This gives me:


    C:\\projects\\>ant -f .cobolBuild
    Buildfile: C:\\projects\\.cobolBuild

    BUILD FAILED
    C:\\projects\\.cobolBuild:3: typedef class com.microfocus.ant.TypeFileList cannot be found
     using the classloader AntClassLoader[]

    Total time: 0 seconds

    How can I resolve this?

    Thanks.


    #EnterpriseDeveloper

    add .jar ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar  & mfant.jar in your ant command.

    These are located on the bin directory of Visual COBOL/Enterprise Developer

    e.g.

    ant -f .cobolBuild -lib [MFinstallDIR]\\bin\\ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar -lib [MFinstallDIR]\\bin\\mfant.jar

    Regards

    Yvon

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    • Dominique SacreRocketeer
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    • 19312 replies
    • May 4, 2016

    Hi,


    I'm trying to build a project using ant. For that I started the "enterprise developer command prompt". Then I invoked:

    ant -f .cobolBuild

    This gives me:


    C:\\projects\\>ant -f .cobolBuild
    Buildfile: C:\\projects\\.cobolBuild

    BUILD FAILED
    C:\\projects\\.cobolBuild:3: typedef class com.microfocus.ant.TypeFileList cannot be found
     using the classloader AntClassLoader[]

    Total time: 0 seconds

    How can I resolve this?

    Thanks.


    #EnterpriseDeveloper

    Thanks!

    ant-contrib is not included in my micro focus installation but mfant.jar is and if I add mfant.jar to the commandline as you suggested, then it works!

    I noticed that i can only build from the "enterprise developer command prompt", even if ran createenv.bat first (this is just a note for other people trying to build from ant).


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