How can I use my own classes ? ( How do I import them ? )

[fatabass]

In folder: "C:\MyClasses\myPackage" I have two files:

MyPrintClass.java and MyPrintClass.class

From Windows, I have set Environment Variables:
CLASSPATH: .;C:\MyClasses
and Path: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_26\bin;C:\MyClasses

but i still cant import this myPackage. What am I doing wrong?

The java file is:

package myPackage;

public class MyPrintClass 
{
	public static void print(String s)
	{
		System.out.println(s);
	}
}

Thank you.

[Norm]

Post the layout of the files in the folders, the commandline used to compile and the full text of the error message.

[fatabass]

Answering my own question:

I tried it from command line and it worked. It seems there is something wrong with Eclipse.

New question:

How do I tell Eclipse that I have a new Classpath ?

[fatabass]

Thanks Norm, just saw your response after I posted mine.

[DarrylBurke]

You never need to import classes in the same package.

db

[fatabass]

Oh no, there is nothing in the same package.

MyPrintClass.class is in a separate folder, and I want to use it in all my projects, so I would like to import it.

[fatabass]

I saw this: How can I import my classes?

And problem solved. So Eclipse doesn't really know about the Classpath, it needs another import from the menu.

Thanks.

[DarrylBurke]

Don't confuse imports with the run time classpath. Imports are just semantic sugar that allow you to use an unqualified class name elsewhere in your code.

Classes used in your code must be accessible on the compile time classpath. This is true whether you import the classes or use the fully qualified names.

db

[DarrylBurke]

And I don't know what you mean by 'menu' here:

it needs another import from the menu.

db

[Norm]

The IDE's menu

[DarrylBurke]

Oh. I use NetBeans, and the only menu I'm aware of related to imports is 'Fix imports' -- which I seldom use, since autocompletion of class names plugs in the import at the top of the class. I guess Eclipse does things a little differently.

db