Hello everyone,

Well, this is gonna be a pretty basic question, but I am stumped and hope there is an easy fix.

I just bought Beginning Java 7, downloaded jdk and documentation and believe I have it installed properly.

I created the little program to test the compiler on page 7 and when I navigated to the correct directory in the command prompt window and issued the javac MyProgram.java instruction I received the following message ----------

'javac' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

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I am assuming that Windows is not seeing the compiler somehow, but I am not sure how to correct this or if it is something else entirely.

Thanks in advance for any help

Not being a windows user anymore, I can only guess, but it sounds like the path to the javac is not set in your enviroment .

Find out what directory your javac is in and then add that to your path variable. Check out this site:

http://www.sodaware.net/blog/2007/04...-windows-path/

After adding the path, check both the java and javac commands. You can do a search in windows to find the javac executable.

I hope this helps

Thanks Mike, I figured out what was happening and you are right. I needed to set an additional 'path' environment variable to point to the compiler.

I found a way to make it work using a full path to the compiler in the prompt box and I am using it currently because I am planning to download the android developer kit and want to see if there are going to be any hangups with it before I add the path variable (probably paranoia on my part, but I want to write code, not troubleshoot configuration issues :-))

I will publish my findings as a way to give back once I have everything working, but I did want to thank you for your help....

Glad you got it worked out.