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Trail: Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing
Lesson: Getting Started with Swing

## Platform-Specific Details: Setting Environment Variables

> The directory paths used below assume that you have installed both the JDK and Swing releases under `/home/me` (for Solaris) or on drive C (for Windows). You should adjust the directory paths to reflect your installation.

> Solaris
>   Set the environment variables with commands like the following:

>   >     setenv JAVA_HOME /home/me/jdk1.1.7
>   >     setenv SWING_HOME /home/me/swing-1.1

> Windows 95
>   Open your favorite text editor and add the following to your system's `AUTOEXEC.BAT` file:

>   >     set JAVA_HOME=C:\JDK1.1.8
>   >     set SWING_HOME=C:\swing-1.1
>   >     set CLASSPATH=.;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\classes.zip;%SWING_HOME%\swing.jar
>   >     set PATH=%PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin

> Windows NT
>   Double-click the System icon inside the Control Panel. When the System Properties dialog box opens, choose the Environment tab and then place the following in the lower list box, which is labeled "User Variables":

>   >     JAVA_HOME       C:\JDK1.1.8
>   >     SWING_HOME     C:\swing-1.1
>   >     CLASSPATH     .;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\classes.zip;%SWING_HOME%\swing.jar
>   >     PATH          %PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin

>   Note: Be careful not to change your system environment variables, which appear in the upper list box. [PENDING: Is it really necessary to include classes.zip when specifying CLASSPATH as an environment variable (as opposed to when you're using the -classpath command-line option)?]

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