I've fallen at the first hurdle

mike_bike_kite · #1 (**permalink**) 06-17-09, 15:08

I thought I'd try and learn a bit of Java and installed the Sun JDK. I copied the hello world program. I was kind of hoping for a nice tool with windows to edit your program in and a window to see the output etc but it appears I'm stuck with DOS. Can't get past the following error:

Code:

 Directory of C:\Java
17/06/2009  11:38             1,910 HelloWorldApp.java

C:\Java>javac HelloWorldApp.java
'javac' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Java>C:\Program*Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_14\bin\javac  HelloWorldApp.java
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

C:\Java>echo %CLASSPATH%
.;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\lib\ext\QTJava.zip

Any clues?

Is it the path variable ( javac.exe seems to be in C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_14\bin)?

Is there a reasonably fast grid class available - I want to create an application a bit like an extended calendar (for hotel booking) where you can drag bookings around etc.

Thanks for reading. I assume I've missed something down the line as this appears quite a tough way of writing code.

Mike