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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Tammer Salem <sa...@hotmail.com> on 2003/01/10 12:52:05 UTC

Unsure how to set environment variables for win xp

Hi,
I'm having problems compiling my servlets. I know this is probably out of the domain of tomcat setup, but I decided to ask anyway.
I have a servlet called (test.java) in a directory (D:\Program Files\Apache Tomcat 4.0\webapps\test\WEB-INF\classes). My javac.exe is in (D:\j2sdk1.4.1_01\bin). I can't get the servlet file to compile. I think my CLASSPATH and Path environment variables are messed up, because I keep on getting the following exceptions:

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HelloWorld.java:2: package javax.servlet does not exist
import javax.servlet.*;
^
HelloWorld.java:3: package javax.servlet.http does not exist
import javax.servlet.http.*;
^
HelloWorld.java:11: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class HttpServlet
location: class HelloWorld
public class HelloWorld extends HttpServlet
                                ^
HelloWorld.java:13: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class HttpServletRequest
location: class HelloWorld
        public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException

                          ^
HelloWorld.java:13: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class HttpServletResponse
location: class HelloWorld
        public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException

                                                      ^
HelloWorld.java:13: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class ServletException
location: class HelloWorld
        public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException

                                                                                           ^
6 errors
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Can anyone please help me?


thanks,
Tammer Salem