Thanks VERY much. I will work it. I really appreciate your help; I retired from Boeing in 1995 an am very rusty.
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 3:17 AM, Mark Beardsley <[email protected]>wrote: > I always add the JA files one at a time, never using the add folder option > simply because I have never tried it. > > So, as you said in your previous entry, select the Libraries entry in the > Project tab and then add JAR/Folder. This time, though, do not add the > folder but each of the JAR files directly - I cannot remember off of the > top > of my head exactly which one/s you need at the moment but think it will > only > be the scratchpad if you are working with HWPF. > > Do NOT do anything else. This is all I ever have to do to configure the > project to use an external library. Do not set the classpath; you should > not > need to do so. NetBeans will take care of all internal comfiguration from > the paths of/to your libraries. > > Now try to compile the application and see what happens. > > As to what you need to do at compile time, well NetBeans will build an > application for you - you should see a dist sub-folder within your project > folder. Navigate your way to this and you ought to find a file with the > name > of readme.txt. Open this and it will contain all the information you need > explaining how to distribute the application. NetBeans should have created > for you an executable java archive containing your applications classes and > bundled up any and all necessary external libraries into the associated lib > folder. > > If you continue to have problems, let me know and I will put together a > simple project that I can post to you to have a look at. > > Yours > > Mark B > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://apache-poi.1045710.n5.nabble.com/Problem-integrating-Apache-POI-into-NetBeans-tp5711909p5711924.html > Sent from the POI - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
