TJI Java IDE Installation Notes

Place tji.jar in a directory of your choice. You might create a directory called 'TJI', for example.

That is all ! (Do not unpack)

To run the Ide simply double-click on the jar file.

Or, from the installation directory (change to this directory first) use the following command :

java   -cp   tji.jar   Ide

or

java   -jar   tji.jar

 

For this to work, the path to the java interpreter will need to be part of your 'path' statement (Windows) such that your operating system (Windows or otherwise) can find the executable 'java'.

If you are not sure how to set this up (it may be set up already), you can simply supply the full path in your start command - for example :

c:\jdk1.6\bin\java  -jar  tji.jar

A note on starting the IDE simply by double-clicking on the jar file.

For double-clicking to work, a 'file type' needs to be set up so that your operating system knows what it should do with this file type - i.e. how to start the program. Usually, when an SDK is installed, this is set up for you. As an example, the following open/start command can be provided for files of type 'jar' :
C:\jdk1.6\bin\java.exe  -jar

Problems

If you have problems starting the IDE, or can compile but not run, or experience other strange behaviour, place ide.jar in the 'bin' subdirectory of your 1.6 or higher SDK (JDK) installation - be sure to place the jar in sdk1.6/bin (the directory with javac), not in jre/bin - and do not use spaces in any directory of this path as this can cause problems on some operating systems.

You could write a .bat file or shell script incorporating the command line. A .bat file for Windows is available for download ('ide.bat' - you can read this file in WordPad). An icon for Windows shortcuts is also avalibale for download ('ide.ico' - see below for instructions). You need to extract these files from the zip files you download (these file types cannot be downloaded directly - that is why they are packed in a zip file).

Check your installation

Try selecting 'New Project' - 'Application Project'. Then select 'Run'. You can also try importing the example projects available from the 'Resources' page.

Create Shortcuts for Launching the IDE

Optionally, you can create 'shortcuts' for luanching the program (Desktop icon, 'Start' menu, etc). Below is a guide to doing this on the Windows 98 platform ...

Creating Windows Desktop and Start Menu Shortcuts