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Start up options
The following options are possible as command line argument for Ant Commander: Examples: java -Dant.home=c:\java\ant -jar AntCommander.jar -SettingFile:DemoPanel

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

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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