How to specify working directory of Java EE 5 Apps Client outside of Netbeans using Ant

[Jack Bush]

Hi All,
I would like to find out how to specify the “working directory” when running an
Java EE 5 Application Client, that belonged to an EAR Netbeans 6.7, GF 2.1
(JDK1.6.0_17) project on Windows XP. Below is the error message encountered when
attempting to run FundsBean.ear outside of Netbeans (command line) using ant:
run-ac:
-as-retrieve-option-workaround:
     [copy] Copying 1 file to C:\Users\jack\InventoryStock\dist
-tool-InventoryStock-app-client:
     [java] 18/10/2010 11:41:43 PM
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.MainWithModuleSupport <init>
     [java] WARNING: ACC003: Application threw an exception.
     [java] java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could not locate an embedded
appclient matching the display name null
     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.NestedAppClientInfo.getAppClient(NestedAppClientInfo.java:153)

     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.AppClientInfo.getAppClient(AppClientInfo.java:205)
     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.AppClientInfo.validateMainClass(AppClientInfo.java:274)

     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.AppClientInfo.completeInit(AppClientInfo.java:174)
     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.AppClientInfoFactory.buildAppClientInfo(AppClientInfoFactory.java:154)

     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.MainWithModuleSupport.<init>(MainWithModuleSupport.java:366)

     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.MainWithModuleSupport.<init>(MainWithModuleSupport.java:259)

     [java]     at com.sun.enterprise.appclient.Main.main(Main.java:200)
     [java] Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could not locate an embedded app client
matching the display name null
     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.MainWithModuleSupport.<init>(MainWithModuleSupport.java:487)

     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.MainWithModuleSupport.<init>(MainWithModuleSupport.java:259)

     [java]     at com.sun.enterprise.appclient.Main.main(Main.java:200)
     [java] Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could not locate an
embedded app client matching the display name null
     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.NestedAppClientInfo.getAppClient(NestedAppClientInfo.java:153)

     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.AppClientInfo.getAppClient(AppClientInfo.java:205)
     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.AppClientInfo.validateMainClass(AppClientInfo.java:274)

     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.AppClientInfo.completeInit(AppClientInfo.java:174)
     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.AppClientInfoFactory.buildAppClientInfo(AppClientInfoFactory.java:154)

     [java]     at
com.sun.enterprise.appclient.MainWithModuleSupport.<init>(MainWithModuleSupport.java:366)

     [java]     ... 2 more
     [java] Java Result: 1
-java-InventoryStock-app-client:
run-InventoryStock-app-client:
run:
I had no problem building or deploying InventoryStock.ear. In fact, the whole
application runs perfectly in Netbeans. I notice that it was necessary to
specify the working directory  of a third-party jar, which insists on
specifiying the installation directory under InventoryStock-app-client. However,
I could not find such “Working directory” in any of the project.properties
files.
I am looking for the command line switch used by Ant to refer to the
working/installation directory of the third-party jar.
Thanks in adavance,
Jack