Re: placement of other jars not in original in JDK download
Jeff Higgins wrote:
Lew wrote:
Jeff Higgins wrote:
bH wrote:
If I download poi-3.8 binary and I want to access
some of the jar files that are in the download,
as in this set of opening lines of a program that
uses some of it:
import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.*;
import org.apache.poi.hwpf.*;
import org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor.*;
import java.io.*;
Where do I place the poi-3.8
items(jars) that are in apache poi download?
On the classpath.
<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/environment/paths.html>
Except don't use the CLASSPATH environment variable.
Use the "-cp" or equivalent "-classpath" option to the Java tools.
<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/index.html>
<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/solaris/java.html#options>
<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/solaris/classpath.html>
"path option is preferred because you can set it individually for each
application
without affecting other applications and without other applications
modifying its value."
In short, OP, read the documentation.
Thank you for reiterating the advice given in the tutorial link above.
You are very welcome.
--
Lew
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