Write Your Program

1. Pull down the FILE menu

2. Select NEW CLASS

3. When the "Class Wizard" box appears
   - remove the package name
   - the "class name" will be the name of your program, NOT your project name.
   - the "base class" is java.lang.Object

4. Under "options", choose
   - Public
   - Generate main method

5. Click OK
                                        

 After Typing Your Source Code

1. Pull down the PROJECT menu and select Make Project (name here)

2. - If you are error free, pull down the RUN menu and select RUN Project
   - If an error message occurs, click on the error message to get a red highlight at the spot in the program where the error occurred.  Correct the error and start again.

3. The output appears in the bottom window of the screen.

Open an Existing Program

1. Pull down the FILE menu

2. Select OPEN Project

3. Open the .jpx file (this is the project file and will open all components in the project.)

Close a Program

1. Pull down the FILE menu

2. Select CLOSE Projects

3. When the CLOSE box appears, choose ALL and OK.

4. To clear the output window at the bottom of the screen, right click and choose CLEAR ALL.

If a project is not closed, it will
automatically appear in the window
 when JBuilder is re-opened.