Setting-up JCreator in BCC labs (& elsewhere).

Follow the lab assignment sheet from the beginning,
but when it tells you to run
JCreator for the first time...

Start JCreator (as written on the handout)

If a dialog box opens offering a number of File Associations
Then Do the following:

- Simply click Next (to accept the File Associations)
- On the JDK Home Directory tab that appears,
- click Browse and select C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.xx  
- click Finish

When JCreator starts you should immediately,
- Select the Config|Options menu
- click on the Directories option &
- next to the Default Project Directory only, click the ...
- browse to your H:\private\cs101 folder & click OK, then Apply

- click on the Workspace option, click the "+" to open the suboptions &
- on the Start Up | At Start Up option, select the none option
- click Apply

- on Editor|Java, check "Show line numbers" and "Auto insert brackets"
- click Apply

- on JDK Profiles
- select (highlight) the default jdk version & click "Edit"
- select the "documentation" tab
- & (if it is not set already) click "Add"
- browse to the docs (usually on C:\Program Files\Java\jdk..., but in labs on P:/java/docs)
- click OK, and OK and Apply again.

- on JDKTools,
- select "Run Application". Select the "Default" and click "Edit"
- uncheck the "Capture output" and "Build and run"
- and check the "Show command line" options & click OK.
- select "Compiler". Select "Default" and click "Edit"
- check the "Show command line" option & click OK.

- click Apply, then OK, to exit the configuration dialog.

- From the main menu, select "View" and select each of File, Class & Package Views in turn.

Your personal settings will be remembered, so you should not need to repeat these operations!