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Reputation: 3694

Netbeans Run a process before build (compile)

In most programming IDE I can run a process (a jar or exe) before compile or build. For example, I can run an exe file to generate a few classes. This is more enhanced with text templates in Visual Studio.

Is it possible to run a process before compile or build in Netbeans? Do we have a similar concept like text templates in NetBeans? I am using NetBeans version 8.0.2

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2828

Answers (1)

WillShackleford
WillShackleford

Reputation: 7008

To execute a command before compiling, put it in the build.xml file as this:

<target name="-pre-compile">
    <exec executable="cmd">
        <arg value="arg1"/>
        <arg value="arg2"/>
    </exec>
</target>

See the Exec Task for Ant. https://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/exec.html

Code templates that can be accessed from Tools -> Templates are a completely separate matter. The templates are used when File -> New for the appropriate type is executed.

Upvotes: 2

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