"input line too long" on win2k cmd line bld

[jewels]

I'm trying to build from command line (actually a bat file that is run from an ODE Makefile) on Windows 2000. Since the class path for ISMP 11.5
is now huge compared to ISMP 5.x I am getting this error:

"The input line is too long."

I have tried trimming down the path some but still no luck. My teammate is builing on windows XP and does not have this problem Does anyone know a workaround for this? Is there anything I can set on Windows?

It's not pretty, but here is console output (The command displayed is truncated):

The input line is too long.

C:\sb\ldapdevsb\obj\x86_nt_5\packages\install-multplat\projectFiles>c:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\x86_nt_5/compilers/ibm/java/1.4.2/bin/java.ex
e -cp "C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\ppk\win32ppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb
\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\ppk\linuxppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\ppk\solarisppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevs
b\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\ppk\hpuxppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\ppk\aixppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\to
ols\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\ppk\as400ppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\ppk\webppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools
\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\ppk\macosxppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\ppk\genericunixppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb
\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\distributables\platform\ext\windowsppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\distributables\
platform\ext\linuxppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\distributables\platform\ext\solarisppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tool
s\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\distributables\platform\ext\hpuxppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\distributables\platform
\ext\aixppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\distributables\platform\ext\as400ppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\
ismp\11.5_sp1\distributables\platform\ext\macosxppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\distributables\platform\ext\gener
icunixppk.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\classes;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\bootstrap.jar;C:\
sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\distributables\library\hsqldb.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\ib5core.
jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\ib5swing.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\ib5util.jar;C:\sb\
ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\icebrowserbean.jar;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\icebrowserlitebean.jar
;C:\sb\ldapdevsb\tools\common\is\ismp\11.5_sp1\lib\ide.jar;>> ERROR: mk: *** Error code 255
>> ERROR: mk: "c:/sb/ldapdevsb/src/packages/install-multplat/projectFiles/Makefile.ode", line 95: shell command failed for target `win3
2bat'

[mslama]

It is because of limit of command line size. You musts somehow decrease size of your command line. Try to use environment variables to set CLASSPATH or set CLASSPATH in other way if possible.

[gamlidek]

Funny, I just posted this for a different post, but it applies for yours, as well:

I strongly recommend that you use ant for your command line builds.

See this thread:
http://community.installshield.com/...ad.php?t=154893

Also, you can get ant here:
http://ant.apache.org

It's a bit more complicated than you're probably hoping for, but believe me it ends up making your life much simpler in the end.

cheers,

/gam/