Question

I would like to be able to change the title of the Command window at various points throughout my NAnt script.

I have tried to use the task to call ‘title myTargetName’ but it gives me the following error:

‘title’ failed to start.

The system cannot find the file specified

Is there a way to do this please? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You can set the console title in a custom task. If the task is defined in a script, the build file is self contained.

The console title will revert once nant finishes.

<project default="title">

    <target name="title">
        <consoletask title='step 1'/>
        <sleep minutes="1" />
        <consoletask title='step 2'/>
        <sleep minutes="1" />
        <consoletask title='step 3'/>
        <sleep minutes="1" />
    </target>

    <script language="C#">
        <code>
            [TaskName("consoletask")]
            public class TestTask : Task
            {
                private string title;

                [TaskAttribute("title", Required=true)]
                public string Title
                {
                    get { return title; }
                    set { title = value; }
                }

                protected override void ExecuteTask() {
                    System.Console.Title = title;
                }
            }
        </code>
    </script>
</project>