Hi Ramon, I don't know NetBeans, any good? The last time I looked was about 10 years ago.
I have used Eclipse for a number of years in different development environments and like it because of the integration with version control and bug tracking systems (through team server and mylyn) and for my environments supports database/xml/java/php etc. For Eclipse you do the following: - Put the Jar files you want to include in your project somewhere, right click and select build path add to build path. (I also have external jars referenced from the project properties). - Expand the Referenced libraries in your project - Right click on your library and select properties. Now because I have moved the POI package (due to the software I am working with already having an older version) I reference the source in the Java Source Attachement section. This can be a location in your workspace, and external file (jar or zip) or an external folder. It will then pick up all the java doc's from inside the code and allow you to debug more easily inside POI. I use this method as I am working with an existing application and writing extensions. There is also a place to select your javadoc location which seems to work fine. Regards Richard On 12 April 2010 06:28, Ramon F. Herrera <[email protected]> wrote: > > The following has been my newbie approach to getting started with POI: > > (1) Downloaded the binary distro, placed it under the folder where I keep > all my Java libraries. > > (2) Downloaded the source distro, used the *.java files provided (Loan > Calculator, Calendar, etc.) to build the example projects. > > I am being partial to NetBeans these days, and when I add a library to my > project, in addition to the Classpath I get two tabs for extra useful > support: Sources and Javadoc. > > The Javadoc wants a JAR file, but all I found were HTML (and PDF) files. > > If I switched to Eclipse, would those two features work more readily? > > TIA, > > -Ramon > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
