Need help using TextPad on my home computer.

Question

I have TextPad 4 on my computer (I know that there is a newer version, but we use that at school, so I want to use the same one at home). I need to know what all I need to be able to compile my programs at home. There isn't a compile button and I heard that that is because I need to download something. If so, what is it and can you give me a link.
I have Windows XP Service Pack2.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi ZebraSalad,
Firstly, as many people suggested, you need to download JDK. Go to SUN.com and download it. It will show a Download Manager. Then, usually if you choose "offline installation," the file would be at your desktop. Double clicked it and installed it on your computer.
Then, you need to set your PATH if your program does not recognize JAVAC. Here is the method for Windows:
Go to Control Panel and clicked on "System." Choose "Advanced" then, Click "Environment Variables"
Search for Variable called "PATH". Then, set in BOTH "User Variables" and "System Variables" for PATH. The best way is appending this on the last path.
For example:
Variable Value
PATH C:\Program Files\Groovy;
Then, you need to add this:
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1[yourversion]\bin;
In my computer, I have this version of JDK, so it would be like this:
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_04\bin;
Then, the result would be:
For example:
Variable Value
PATH C:\Program Files\Groovy;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_04\bin;
Hope that helps...