I've been reading herbert schildts "java for beginners" and it says in order to compile raw code, i should open javac.exe, and type in x command.

however when i load javac, it appears, loads up the help console, but disappears before i can do anything. i've tried running it as an administrator, i've tried turning my antivirus software off, but nothing makes a difference.

Up to now i've been using the netbeans IDE to do all of my coding, but i wanted to learn how to code from absolute scratch.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Simon

Hey sepalm,

Please take a look at these links. It should help:

javac.exe : Java Glossary

"Hello World!" for Microsoft Windows (The Java™ Tutorials > Getting Started > The "Hello World!" Application)

If you are still having problems after reading this then reply here and we will see what we can do...

if you are using windowsxp~ you can do -> run -> cmd -> javac - parameters.

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Unfortunately i'm using vista.

I've got the same tutorials pretty much, problem is, executing javac.exe.

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\bin\javac.exe

I open it, and the cmd prompt opens, displays (what i presume is the help console) and disappears before i can type anything.

Any ideas? wouldn't be anything to do with not having the most up to date java would it?

Simon

Im not sure if you can run javac.exe like that. I think you need to open a command window (Start > Run > CMD) and navigate to:

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\bin\

using the 'cd' command to change directories then type javac.exe

It should load up OK then...

I apologise for being a dunce, as i've only used IDE's i never knew that.

Thanks alot for the help

No problem!

If you have any further questions then be sure to post back

If you have setup the classpath correctly you can type javac instead of going to the java directory.

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how do i set it up so that i dont have to cd C:\(path) every time i open cmd to compile?

It should have been done automatically when you install java but if not you can set it in your enviroment variables setting like this:

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