ray jacobs

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Recent posts by ray jacobs

Just one quick afterthought, ive searched around and went over the "how to ask a question" and I hope I havent done anything wrong. Just to be clear, the only reason im asking for help is im stuck at the beginning. I just want to be able to compile and run a simple "Hello World" type application. Its the getting up and going thats a problem now. Once i know the "how", im perfectly willing to sit and problem solve a program all by myself. I would consider myself a failure if i keep coming back, on the contrary, i want to learn all on my own and stand on my own two feet. I can read, I respect your time and your efforts and would not want to take advantage of them. Thank you ahead of time.
17 years ago
Ive saved MyFirstApp with quotes so its "MyFirstApp.java" when i did it in notepad. The book I have told me to do that. I start a class the end of august in Java but i dont want to wait to learn then, im trying to get a head start. What i did was save it directly to the C drive so "hopefully" that would make it easier for the javac to find it. That way im not typing the location and leaving myself open for mistakes. Is there someplace else I should save it to make it easier to find?
17 years ago
Hello, i've worked with COBOL and more recently with VB.net but I need to learn Java for school and im at a loss just getting started. Ive downloaded JDK from Sun and I "think" ive done the "path" variable correctly. Im trying this in a DOS window, typing javac at the command line. Correct? Im using XP Prof. If i type javac at the command prompt it will bring up the list of options. Am I correct in assuming that means its installed correctly? I will do a sample program called MyFirstApp.java and when i type javac MyFirstApp.java at the command line, I get "error: cannot read : MyFirstApp.java". Any ideas on what I can look for?
17 years ago