[Webtest] newbie question - getting Canoo working

[Janno Kusman]

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Looking at your error message, I would guess that your ANT isn't 
configured properly. Refer to 
http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing. I have also 
attached simple ant script to test ANT. To run it - use command 'ant 
-buildfile ant_test.xml' which should print 'Ant is working' and BUILD 
SUCCESFUL

Also I would use ANT 1.5.2.

You don't have to copy any jar files. Just define jar locations in your 
ANT script (this is not needed for installTest):

<property name="webtest.home" value="path_to_WebTest_home"/>
   <taskdef file="${webtest.home}/webtestTaskdefs.properties">
      <classpath>
         <fileset dir="${webtest.home}" includes="**/lib/*.jar"/>
      </classpath>
   </taskdef>

and it shoud work.


Janno

lisa.crispin@att.net wrote:

>This is my third attempt in the past several months to use Canoo.  I 
>apologize for my sporadic postings.  I can never get it to work.  Maybe the 
>third time is the charm.
>
>I learned in the past that I must put every jar file for and and webtest into 
>my classpath and I have done this.  I have installed ant 1.6.0.  (Is this 
>bad?  I saw a posting about a problem with ant 1.6.0 but no response to it.  
>I copied the ant.jar from $WEBTESTHOME/lib over to $ANT_HOME/lib).
>
>I'm getting this error:
>$ ant -buildfile installTest.xml
>java.lang.InstantiationException: org.apache.tools.ant.Main
>        at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:293)
>        at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:261)
>        at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:214)
>        at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:90)
>
>Needless to say, I'm not a Java programmer so this means nothing to me.  
>Please help.
>
>Is there ANY documentation on how to install Canoo and get it running, other 
>than what is on the main Canoo Webtest site?  It is certainly not enough for 
>people like myself.  Is it the case that if I can't guess how to install it, 
>I shouldn't try to use it?  I hope not.  Or am I just missing some obvious 
>simple documentation somewhere?  This would be nice.
>thanks,
>Lisa
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>  
>


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<project name="ant_test" basedir="." default="main">
  <target name="main">
    <echo message="Ant is working"/>
  </target>
</project>
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