Re: Problem with CL GUI Prompting

Hi Craig,

It was indeed the CLASSPATH that was causing the problem - but it was the user
classpath that screwed things up (see my reply to Eric for details).

I am using W2K.

It looks as if WDT sets the system classpath to c:\WDT400\Java  (or the
relevent directory for WDT).
It also looks as if the user classpath should really have %CLASSPATH% in it, to
pick up the system classpath. I had installed something that simply overwort
the user classpath.

Another "joy of Windoze" issue ;-).

Paul

craigs@dekko.com wrote:

> Paul,
> I have run into your problem before and have fixed it on my PC thanks to a
> previous post by Eric Simpson (look farther down for that post).  I just
> had to set my CLASSPATH environment variable to C:\WDT400\JAVA.  To do
> this, go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Click
> Environment tab -> Click on the CLASSPATH variable and make it point to C:
> \WDT400\JAVA.  I think that is the only thing I changed so my Windows NT
> 4.0 PC had the same value as a Windows 2000 PC.  This was also according to
> Eric Simpson.  If this does not work, let me know and I will try to find
> differences between your environment tab and mine.  I am not one of the
> two, not including Reeve, that Eric mentioned, so there are at least four
> of us who have run into this problem.  Are you on Windows 2000?  I have
> seen CL GUI prompting work on Windows 2000 automatically but not on Windows
> NT without changing the CLASSPATH variable.  It would be interesting to
> know if the other people who had to change their CLASSPATH variable were
> not on Windows 2000.  It appears that Reeve Fritchman had the same problem
> and he was on Windows 2000.  I'm not sure when this variable gets set but
> it does not appear to be consistent.
>
> I hope this helps,
> Craig Strong
> craigs@dekko.com
>
> *** Paul Tuohy previously wrote:
> Hi Hak,
>
> Still no luck, I'm afraid.
>
> The only difference in your instructions was to
> ensure that the communications daemon was ended. I
> re-booted, closed the communications daemon from
> the toolbar, did a CODEEDIT /C EXIT from a DOS
> window, extracted from the .ZIP file (to WDT400),
> restarted communications, edited an existing CL
> program (from a project list), made sure that CL
> GUI prompting was selected on Extras, and I still
> get "Unable to find required classes".
>
> I have a full install of WDT, so nothing should be
> missing.
>
> I have SP3 installed, could this be a problem (FAQ
> and web page say download is for SP1/SP2)?
>
> I noted when extracting the files that one of them
> - L4CODE.DLL had an earlier date then the one it
> was replacing, 19/07/2001 replacing 26/09/2001.
>
> I had downloaded the zip from
> http://www-4.ibm.com/software/ad/wdt400/support/co
> desupport.html.
>
> As always, all help greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Paul Tuohy
>
> *** Eric Simpson previously wrote:
> Reeve,
>
> After receiving the error, please go into the macro log (Windows->Macro
> log).  There should be a message indicating which class could not be found.
> It should also list what CLASSPATH is being used by the editor.  If you let
> me know that information, we can track down the problem.
>
> One thing that two other customers have run into is that their system's
> CLASSPATH environment variable did not contain C:\WDT400\JAVA which should
> be set during install.  After adding that to their environment variable and
> restarting, the problem was fixed.
>
> Eric Simpson
> IBM Canada Lab
> Phone:  (416) 448-3226,  T/L:  778-3226
> Email and SameTime Connect:  esimpson@ca.ibm.com
>
> "Reeve Fritchman" <reeve@ltl400.com>@midrange.com on 09/13/2001 06:40:48 PM
>
> Please respond to code400-l@midrange.com
>
> Sent by:  code400-l-admin@midrange.com
>
> To:   "CODE400-L@midrange. com" <CODE400-L@midrange.com>
> cc:
> Subject:  GUI CL prompting error: "Unable to find all required classes"
>
> When I installed the GUI CL prompting option, I extracted my files to
> C:\WDT400 and left the "Use folder names" box checked.  During the extract
> process, I received several messages asking about overwriting files (to be
> expected) and I accepted the newer version.
> I activated "GUI prompting" from "Extras" (and turned on "Highlight line"
> too).
>
> After restarting CODE/400 and downloading a CLLE member from the server,
> I've found that pressing F1 gives me the "Unable to find all required
> classes" error.  Prompting (F4) erases the line.
>
> FYI: I have code installed related to PMR 39111, 500.
>
> I'd appreciate a hint and be grateful for an answer.
>
> Thanks,
> rf
> Environment: WDT V5R1 w/SP2; Win2K current with MS fixes (SP2).  Server:
> V5R1M0.  Connection: WAN.
>