Hi Marilyn, Hi Paul,
Thanks for the help so far. In answer to Marilyn's question, c:\j2sdk1.4\bin subdirectory does contain the javac.exe. I tried compiling HelloWorld.java within this directory since this is where the javac.exe resides. Like so:
c:\j2sdk1.4\bin javac HelloWorld.java
still no luck, however I received a different error:
error: cannot read: HelloWorld.java
1 error
then I also tried:
c:\j2sdk1.4\bin javac c:\Java\HelloWorld.java
this time, nothing occurred. The dos prompt display again.
Just so there's no question about the HelloWorld.java code, I copied the example from the Cattle Drive page, so there should be any errors.
To answer Paul's question, when I typed "set path" on the command line I only see Path="a bunch of other stuff" and then I see "c:\java\bin" which is odd, since my autoexec.bat file displays the following:
classpath=c:\j2sdk1.4\lib;.;c:\Java
path=c:\j2sdk1.4\bin;c:\j2sdk1.4\jre\bin
( no typo's either )
I'm using Windows2000.
Thanks!!!