> Some points:
>
> - The JDE launches java and jdb directly. It does not use a shell. So the
> environment for java and jdb is the NT environment not tcsh.
got ya'
>
> - Your NT path has the JDK 1.2 jpda bin directory ahead of the JDK 1.3.
> That means that
> the JDE is launching the version of jdb in the jpda directory. The jpda
> version
> is intended for use with JDK 1.2. Hence the error message you got.
understand
>
> - The JDE does not support the new version of jdb shipped with JDK 1.3,
> because it has
> a slightly different command-line interface. If you want to debug your
> app with the
> JDE, you have to use either oldjdb (in the JDK 1.3 bin
> directory) or JDEbug.
>
it works!