Well after fixing a number of problems that were related to the template assuming *nix I got the build file to run, but now xdoclet gets it's knickers in a twist:
xdoclet-generate:
[ejbdoclet] Generating Javadoc
[ejbdoclet] Javadoc execution
[ejbdoclet] javadoc: No package, class, or source fil
[ejbdoclet] javadoc: No package, class, or source fil
late\src\main\ejb\test\entity\TestBMPEntityBean.java.
[ejbdoclet] javadoc: No package, class, or source fil
[ejbdoclet] javadoc: No package, class, or source fil
late\src\main\ejb\test\entity\TestEntityBean.java.
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Yes it gets horribly truncated :-(
Did Andreas, err, forget, us Windows users or am I being really dumb ?
5 secs after I post the solution occurs to me. The jvm's horrible failure to handle directories with spaces in :-)