Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: placement of other jars not in original in JDK download Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:32:02 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <14fdabc2-3e23-40c9-b01a-fedfdc9a668c@googlegroups.com> <50341328$0$291$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.28.149.29 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1345667522 8075 127.0.0.1 (22 Aug 2012 20:32:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:32:02 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.28.149.29; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:18288 Bob H wrote: > Clarifying what I ultimately wanted: > I am trying to read a "xxx.doc" file downloaded > to a Windows Vista 32-bit operating system. > > John M wrote : >> "If you're using NetBeans, add the JARs in Tools > Libraries, where they >> can then be accessed as a group by projects that need them. Eclipse has >> a comparable feature." > > I am using neither NetBeans nor Eclipse. > > The posts here so far indicate that I should place > latest poi-3.8 binary jars into the folder where > where the tools.jar is located? NO! No, no, no. Put it anywhere you want and include the JAR in the classpath. > If there is no more help forthcoming then I abandon > this project. What was wrong with the complete and accurate help you already got? Did you read the indicated links about classpath? Why not? > Thanks to all for your responses. You thank us best by using the information. Jeff Higgins, for example, gave you a very solid start. -- Lew