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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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&lt;target name=&quot;default&quot;&gt;
&lt;antcall target=&quot;doSomethingElse&quot;&gt;
&lt;param name=&quot;param1&quot; value=&quot;value&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/antcall&gt;
&lt;/target&gt;
&lt;target name=&quot;doSomethingElse&quot;&gt;
&lt;echo message=&quot;param1=${param1}&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/target&gt;
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<p>Will run the target 'doSomethingElse' and echo 'param1=value'.</p>
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