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<h2><a name="antcall">AntCall</a></h2>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Call another target within the same build-file optionally specifying some
properties (param's in this context)</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">target</td>
<td valign="top">The target to execute.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td>
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<h3>Parameters specified as nested elements</h3>
<h4>param</h4>
<p>Specifies the properties to set before running the specified target. See <a
href="property.html">property</a> for usage guidelines.</p>
<h3>Examples</h3>
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<target name="default">
<antcall target="doSomethingElse">
<param name="param1" value="value"/>
</antcall>
</target>
<target name="doSomethingElse">
<echo message="param1=${param1}"/>
</target>
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<p>Will run the target 'doSomethingElse' and echo 'param1=value'.</p>
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