I add java.exe to programs in preferences but I cannot compile java in textpad. help!

[ashleymcg]

I have completed the following steps in textpad :



In TextPad select Configure --> Preferences. The Preferences window will be displayed.
In the Preferences window select Tools. The right hand side of the window will be populated with any available tools as well as with a button labeled Add.
Click the Add button and select Program from the drop down list. A window entitled Select a File will be displayed.
In the Select a File window navigate to the javac.exe file using the directory location annotated in step 2. Select Open.
Javac will be added in your tools list.
Repeat steps 5 - 6 this time selecting the java.exe file. Java will be added to your tools list.
In the Preferences window select Apply.


Now, when I go to complete the following steps:


Open up Test.java in TextPad.
In TextPad, select Tools --> External Tools --> Compile Java. "Tool Completed Successfully" will be displayed in the Tool Output screen.
In TextPad, select Tools --> External Tools --> Run Java Application. "This is a test." should be displayed in a DOS window.




I do not find copile java in my external tools options, instead I come to the option "java".



When I try to use this option I get this error message:

Could not find the main class: C:\Users\xxxxx\Desktop\Test.java. Program will exit.
Exception in thread "main"
Tool completed with exit code 1


the tool is not completed successfully, nor do i get the message in a dos window. PLEASE HELP.
i need to get this straightened out AS SOON AS POSSIBLE as I will need to use these tools for
my school assignments...


THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

[sabhandari]

One can also use System.exit which will bypass finally block also

[christopherx]

Your code has no main class. How do you expect to make an executable java application that doesn't have a main class?

[DarrylBurke]

One can also use System.exit which will bypass finally block also

I fail to see the relevance of this remark. Did you perhaps post it without reading the thread?

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