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Bug 50583 - Freeform project docs should describe properties import
Summary: Freeform project docs should describe properties import
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: usersguide
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Projects (show other bugs)
Version: 4.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: John Jullion-ceccarelli
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Depends on:
Blocks: 42682
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Reported: 2004-10-19 05:46 UTC by bwl
Modified: 2006-03-24 10:07 UTC (History)
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Description bwl 2004-10-19 05:46:00 UTC
The documentation of freeform projects should
describe the use of <properties> and
<properties-file> in the project.xml to import the
properties that are used by the ant script.  These
are pretty fundamental mechanisms that are
required to make complicated freeform projects
shareable and e.g. not have inappropriate paths in
them that only suit one user.  Currently it seems
the only way to find out about them is to locate
the schema file in the source - which most users
aren't going to bother with!
Comment 1 Jesse Glick 2004-10-19 16:57:02 UTC
Yes, this mechanism ought to be described in the docs.
Comment 2 David Konecny 2004-10-26 16:11:12 UTC
Targetting to 4.0. I know John is working on it.
Comment 3 John Jullion-ceccarelli 2004-10-27 12:13:37 UTC
Online help now has a page called "Editing the project.xml File" that
covers importing properties in project.xml. I will update the web
guide soon.
Comment 4 Marian Mirilovic 2005-12-20 15:47:30 UTC
This issue was solved long time ago. Because nobody has reopened it neither
added comments, we are verifying/closing it now. 
If you are still able to reproduce the problem, please reopen. Thanks in advance.