Set global properties

The %OutputGenDir%/data/outgen-init-client.xml file defines global properties that are used by every IXIA CCMS conductor file.

This file is imported at the beginning of each conductor file. You can use the outgen-init-client.xml file to:
  • Set global properties that apply to all conductor files, such as the PDF engine used
  • Define global Ant taskdefs that can be used in any conductor file
  • Import global Ant targets that can be used in any conductor file, such as the commontargets-client.xml file.
To set global properties, to define tasks that can be used in any conductor file, or to import global targets, add them to the outgen-init-client.xml file.
Note: The outgen-init-client.xml file is a standard Ant file, so this procedure assumes that you have some knowledge in programming Ant scripts. For further background information on building Ant projects, see the Apache Ant site: http://ant.apache.org/manual/.
Important note about Ant properties

You can set Ant properties only once per transformation job. Once a property is set, most tasks will not allow its value to be modified, so be very careful when setting properties.