About PATH for java.exe and javac.exe

[Guest_imported]

Hi it's me again...
Currently I am trying to install Blazix Web server... I want to try to learn a bit about JSP... following a tutorial.

Ok straight to the point... when I install the Blazix Web server I got message that the Blazix won't work because i haven't added javac.exe and java.exe to the PATH... I don't know what it means... so anybody can help ? and also why we need this so called PATH ? I have my java.exe and javac.exe in my JDK folder.

And I am really newbie...I know C and HTML... and want to know JSP..., do i need to learn Basic JAVA first ??? any suggestion ?

 

[meadandale]

Well, JSP does require some Java. It is designed to be a collaborative technology between Java progammers and HTML programmers. If you don't know ANY Java, you better learn some or you aren't going to have much luck.

Regarding PATH, you need to add a line to your autoexec.bat if you are running Windows 95/98/Me:
set JAVA=<path to your JDK/bin directory>
set PATH=%PATH%;%JAVA%

in Windows NT/2000, you can go to settings/control panel/system and one of the tabs (advanced on 2000) gives you the ability to set environment variables. You need to set the JAVA variable here (add it if necessary) and set it to the JDK/bin directory.

Regards,

Charles