• Including the ABLE libraries

Configuring JBuilder to work with ABLE

Configuring JBuilder to work with ABLE is really pretty simple. The ABLE distribution is really just a collection of Jar files, documentation, and examples, so all you have to do is follow these steps:

1. Download ABLE from IBM's web site.
2. Unzip the ABLE files to a location on your PC.
3. Start JBuilder.
4. Create a new project.
5. Include all the ABLE libraries (jar files) that are necessary.

At this point you'll be ready to start writing your application.

Hopefully you're already comfortable with the first four steps in this list. The fifth step is the only thing that may be new, so I thought I'd take a moment to walk you through the process of adding the ABLE libraries (jar files) to your JBuilder project. 

Including the ABLE libraries

Including the ABLE libraries into JBuilder is simple. Once your project is created, choose the ``Project | Project Properties ...'' menu item. On the resulting dialog click the ``Required Libraries'' tab. The figure below shows where you should be at this point.

Next, click the ``Add ...'' button on the right side of the Required Libraries tab. On the resulting ``Add to Project Classpath'' dialog, select the Archives tab. Then navigate to the location in your filesystem where you extracted the ABLE archive, and select the lib directory. Then select all of the jar files that are displayed in the list on the right side of the screen, as shown in the following figure.