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Various Ant tasks used during the NetBeans build process.
<p>Of especial interest to module developers are:</p>
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dl>
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dt><a href=
"MakeNBM.html"><
code><makenbm></
code></a></
dt>
<
dt><a href=
"MakeListOfNBM.html"><
code><genlist></
code></a></
dt>
<
dd>Create NBM files for Auto Update, and create update tracking files to list
the files contained in an NBM.</
dd>
<
dt><a href=
"JHIndexer.html"><
code><jhindexer></
code></a></
dt>
<
dt><a href=
"CheckLinks.html"><
code><checklinks></
code></a></
dt>
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dt><a href=
"CheckHelpSets.html"><
code><checkhelpsets></
code></a></
dt>
<
dd>Create search databases for JavaHelp help sets. Check those help sets, or
any other sets of
HTML files, for broken links.</
dd>
<
dt><a href=
"Arch.html"><
code><arch></
code></a></
dt>
<
dd>Create a high-level architectural
summary of your module and how it
interacts with the complete application, based on a premade XML-based
questionnaire.</
dd>
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<p>Of especial interest to those creating a complete NetBeans distribution:</p>
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dl>
<
dt><a href=
"CreateModuleXML.html"><
code><createmodulexml></
code></a></
dt>
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dd>Pregenerate the files <
samp>system/Modules/*.xml</
samp> in a NetBeans
distribution, so that they are not created in the user directory when NetBeans
is first started.</
dd>
<
dt><a href=
"MakeUpdateDesc.html"><
code><makeupdatedesc></
code></a></
dt>
<
dd>Create an XML file which can be put on a webserver that Auto Update can
connect to in order to get a list of NBMs that it can install - create your own
update
center.</
dd>
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