Installation Instructions

  1. After downloading the zip file for this bean package, unzip it, using the jar command or any unzip utility. This will automatically create a new directory with the bean package name and extract files into it.

  2. To use these beans in a visual builder tool, import dnd.jar in the lib directory into your visual builder tool. Please refer to the User's Guide for your visual builder tool for instructions on how to import jar files.

Note: When you import dnd.jar into VisualAge for Java, you encounter several problems. This is caused by the absence of the  java.awt.dnd package in VisualAge for Java.This bean suite supports the Drag and Drop mechanism in JDK1.2, however VisualAge for Java uses JDK1.1.x. These errors do not influence the work of these beans in VisualAge for Java.

  1. To run the demo application provided with this package, follow the instructions in the Readme.html file in the demo directory. It is not necessary to update your CLASSPATH setting in order to run the demo. The demo program will do this automatically.

Note: This bean package includes separate jar files for design and run-time functions. Import the design-time jar file (dnd.jar) into your visual builder tool, and use the run-time jar file (dnd_Runtime.jar) for optimal run-time performance.