# Ant User Manual

## Splash

by Les Hughes (leslie.hughes@rubus.com)

### Description

This task creates a splash screen. The splash screen is displayed for the duration of the build and includes a handy progress bar as well. Use in conjunction with the sound task to provide interest whilst waiting for your builds to complete...

### Parameters

Attribute | Description | Required | Default
imageurl | A URL pointing to an image to display. | No | antlogo.gif from the classpath
useproxy | Use a proxy to access imgurl. Note: Only tested on JDK 1.2.2 and above | No | None
proxy | IP or hostname of the proxy server | No | None
port | Proxy portnumber | No | None
user | User to authenticate to the proxy as. | No | None
password | Proxy password | No | None
showduration | Initial period to pause the build to show the splash in milliseconds. | No | 5000 ms

### Examples

>     <splash/>

Splash `images/ant_logo_large.gif` from the classpath.

>     <splash imageurl="http://jakarta.apache.org/images/jakarta-logo.gif"
>                useproxy="true"
>                showduration="5000"
>                proxy="proxy.mydomain.com"
>                port="8080"
>                user="BuildEng"
>                password="LetMePass"/>

Splashes the jakarta logo, via a connection through the proxy at proxy.mydomain.com on port 8080 (as user BuildEng/LetMePass) for an initial period of 5 seconds.

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