Ant Build tool window | Ant Build tool window | Context menu of a build file | Properties
Use this dialog to configure the behavior of Ant build scripts.
Item
Description
Maximum Heap Size
Use this field to change the amount of memory allocated to the Ant build process.
Increase this value if the Ant process runs out of memory.
Maximum Stack Size (MB)
Use this field to change the stack memory size. The default value is 2 MB.
Make build in background
If this option is enabled, build process runs in background.
Otherwise, the modal progress dialog is displayed.
Close message view if no error occurred
If this option is enabled, Ant Messages window does not
open for the successful builds.
Properties tab
Use this tab to specify the runtime properties that should be passed to the build script.
These properties are equivalent to the ones defined after the
-D
option
of the command line. A property is defined as a pair "name-value". The value can be hard-coded,
or dynamically evaluated at runtime from a macro.
Add
Use this button to create a new entry in the list of runtime properties.
Remove
Use this button to delete the selected property from the list.
Execution tab
Use this tab to configure how
IntelliJ IDEA
will launch the build script.
Run with Ant
In this option group you can determine the Ant version to run the selected build.xml.
Use project default Ant
Click this radio button to run the default Ant version.
Use custom Ant
Click this radio button to run Ant version of your choice. From the combo box, you can select any Ant
version that has been configured and registered with IntelliJ IDEA. Use the ellipsis button to
modify Ant configuration.
Set Default
Click this button to configure the default Ant.
Ant command line
Use this field to supply command line arguments. You can include any arguments, except
-logger. The arguments should be preceded with dashes and separated
with spaces.
Run under JDK
Use this field to define JDK to use for running Ant target. By default, you can select the project
or
module JDK. Use the ellipsis button to configure JDK.
Additional Classpath tab
Use this tab to add libraries and directories that Ant loads at runtime.
Add
Click this button to add a directory of archive to the Classpath.
Add All In Directory
Click this button to add a directory with all its contents to the Classpath.
Move Up/Down
Use these buttons to change the order of classpath entries. The order of entries in the dialog
defines the order in which Ant loads the resources.
Remove
Click this button to delete selected entry from the list.
Filters tab
Use this tab to configure which build targets show in the Ant Build tool window, when
filtering is applied. The tab displays a list of build targets of the selected build file.
The left column displays the names of the build targets, the right column contains optional
description
of the target. If a target is checked, it will show up in the Ant Build tool window after pressing
; otherwise such target will be hidden.