Re: Visual J++ Users

[Marcus G. Daniels]

>>>>> "BG" == Bruce Godwin <address@hidden> writes:

BG> My partner (Maya Fishkis) and I are interested in identifying
BG> others who are using Microsoft Visual J++ in their SWARM
BG> applications. This is one platform/development environment which
BG> is proving a bit of a challenge. 

Here's what I did to get Visual J++ 1.1 working:

1) Installed the Swarm 2.2 beta + Cygwin 1.3.5
   (See other messages posted here for info on installing this.)

2a) Add x:\Swarm-2.2\bin and x:\cygwin\bin to the PATH. 

Alternatively, to avoid making system changes:

2b) Started up a Cygwin terminal, and made sure that /Swarm-2.2/bin and
   /bin were in the PATH and then ran the IDE.  I did this just to
   avoid having to touch my system path in order to add Swarm-2.2\bin.
   I started the IDE like this:

   cd /cygdrive/O/VisualStudio/SharedIDE/bin
   ./msdev

3) Went to New/Java Project.  Called it jheatbugs.
   Where you see "jheatbugs files" right click and add in the Java files from
   the jheatbugs distribution.

4) Went to Project/Settings.  Unpacked swarm.jar with "jar xf swarm.jar".
   Set "Class path directories" to that directory, followed by (";") 
   the Sun JDK runtime library "i:\jdk1.3.1_01\jre\lib\rt.jar", followed by 
   an output directory, set in the lower cell ("Output directory").

5) Went to Build jheatbugs, checked to see that everything compiled cleanly

6) Finally, Build / Execute StartHeatbugs.  It asks if I want
   IE or jview.  Selected jview.  A black DOS box appeared labeled
   "jview", followed shortly by the Swarm control panel.


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