[nebel]

Hi all!
I just started my trip into the exciting world of Java programming.
And I found trouble after just a few minutes....

I am running on a winxp OS.

I have serious difficulities working out how to get the command prompt to work right. The screen does not show the symbols I am entering (e.g. ":"). This means i cannot change to another harddrive.

Regular dos commands as edit, copy del etc. only work when I am in the system 32 folder. The paths in the User Variables and System Variables are set up correctly. But I get the following error when typing such commands:

"The name specified is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"

So far so bad
I also have the same problem when using java commands, e.g
javac (theprogram).java when compiling.
The path is correctly set up here to.

Do any of you have any suggestions in solving these issues?
Please help!!!

[CopperFrog]

Hey,

What are you using to code java??? i.e. JBuilder or J++ ??

[subdivizion]

that means you don't have a JAVA compiler installed in yoursystem. you can get JCreator LE for free from here: http://www.jcreator.com/download.htm

it's free and has a nice colorful UI.

[nebel]

Hey! I used a compiler from Sun, but by installing the JCreator compiler the problem was solved. No need to use that stupid command prompt ever again..

Thanks a bunch!

[johnny_la]

save yourself a headache and go to www.borland.com/jbuilder

They have a Free Program called JBuilder. I use it and I think it's great. It's easy to compile and build. It has auto-complete, GUI Builder, and makes a neat noise when a compilation is successful.

[hygor]

i use eclipse to do my java... but only coz my uni forces us to use it!