Originally posted by Joel Cochran:
3) In my DOS prompt I have executed <pre>"set classpath=%classpath%c:\JavaSource\CattleDrive\JavaRanchCommon.zip"</pre>
Do you have a semicolon between %classpath% and the other stuff?
Side note:
Setting your classpath this way is only good while you are in the same DOS box. It's not transferable. You'll probably want to set your environment classpath eventually. Which OS are you using?