JDK API Directory problem

[Moonchip]

hi to all

i started college on computer science, so i´m new in the java world
my problem is that i can´t compile anything , and i don´t know what to do .
everytime i try to compile a window appears saying "The JDK path has not been set", so i click on "setup JDK"

then he asks me the JDk home directory and i input "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_24",

my problem starts when he asks me the JDK Javadoc directory, and i tried everything here
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\docs - nothing
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\docs\api - nothing

i decompressed the src.zip and also nothing

i´ve donloaded (jdk-6u18-docs.zip) file and still nothing

i´ve run out of ideas here

sorry for my bad english, but i´m tired and i´m trying to solve this issue for the past 6 hours and i need to have this runing so i can studie

i´ve installed first the (jdk-6u24-windows-i586.exe ), and then the (jcrea500_setup.exe), my OS is Windows7 utimate.

thanks in advanced
Marcus

[KevinWorkman]

You don't really "need" the docs. But i'm pretty sure they're a separate download from the JDK.

I'd recommend you stick with a basic editor and compiling from the command line until you know what's going on under the hood: "Hello World!" for Microsoft Windows (The Java™ Tutorials > Getting Started > The "Hello World!" Application)

[Dark]

What compiler and editor are you using?

[KevinWorkman]

What compiler and editor are you using?

He already said:

i´ve installed first the (jdk-6u24-windows-i586.exe ), and then the (jcrea500_setup.exe), my OS is Windows7 utimate.

[Dark]

I'm not sure what jcrea500_setup.exe then. If he's compiling from the command line then he's in an area I'm not familiar with.

[KevinWorkman]

I'm not sure what jcrea500_setup.exe then. If he's compiling from the command line then he's in an area I'm not familiar with.

I assume it's JCreator. But like I said, he should be compiling from the command line until he knows what's going on under the hood. That could take a week, or it could take months.

[Moonchip]

yep it´s the jcreator LE that i´m using or trying to use.

how do i use the cmd line to compile??

i heard about eclipse java software, can i use that instead of Jcreator?
or can u guys advice me in a java software easier to start using

[KevinWorkman]

The tutorial I linked to in my first reply should get you started compiling from the command line.

[Moonchip]

i´m getting ( ´javac´is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file)

[KevinWorkman]

This was linked to from the tutorial: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tu...ems/index.html