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• -nosplashscreen: Don't show the splash screen at start up.
• -noanthome: Don't try to load jar file in the ANT_HOME directory.
• -Dant.home=<ant directory>: Specify to load the files of your ANT_HOME\lib directory. This argument must be passed before -jar AntCommander.jar.
• -X:Y : Override an Ant Commander property.

Create your own panel
There are 4 ways to create your own panel :

• Use an already existing panel
• Use JPanelPanel
• Extends ViewPanel
• Create an applet

Create your own script file
You can also write your own script file by recording a macro. The acro is recorded in an XML file located in the macros directory and can be edited by using a text editor.
You can also create a new Ant script file or use an existing one.
You can then use the ant core tasks, the VFS tasks or the <antcommandergui>. For more information about this task look at the examples provided in the Demo1.xml macro.
To create an action base on a script file use the Configure Actions, then choose Add and it will propose you to create an action from an Ant file.

Ant Console
The Ant Console will show the message printed during the execution of the target.

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