Newbie Topic - compiling errors and jvm.dll missing

Question

Okay, we're starting at square .1 here. I'm trying to compile the ClickMe.java in the tutorial for newbies like myself. I know how to compile from the command line, etc., but I get an 2 errors. Seems to be saying line 6, cannot resolve symbol and line 28.
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import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class ClickMe extends Applet implements MouseListener {
private Spot spot = null;
private static final int RADIUS = 7;
public void init() {
addMouseListener(this);
public void paint(Graphics g) {
// draw a black border and a white background
g.setColor(Color.white);
g.fillRect(0, 0, getSize().width - 1, getSize().height - 1);
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.drawRect(0, 0, getSize().width - 1, getSize().height - 1);
// draw the spot
g.setColor(Color.red);
if (spot != null) {
g.fillOval(spot.x - RADIUS,
spot.y - RADIUS,
RADIUS * 2, RADIUS * 2);
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent event) {
if (spot == null) {
spot = new Spot(RADIUS);
spot.x = event.getX();
spot.y = event.getY();
repaint();
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent event) {}
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent event) {}
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent event) {}
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent event) {}
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I thought maybe it was b/c the Spot was capitalized, but I changed that to l/c and that didn't help. This code is, of course, taken right off of this page:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/concepts/practical.html
The other thing that's happening, is that when I try to run the NetBeans IDE 3.6, I get an error "Cannot load jvm.dll." I know there are jvm.dll's on this machine, but maybe they're in the wrong directory. I haven't messed with anything, just d-loaded the whole j2se SDK 1.4.1 and i'm already snafu'd. But then, I'm a newbie, so go ahead make fun. But, if you can, offer advice.
thx in advance!

Answer 1

I seem to be compiling right, b/c I was able to compile the classic HelloWorld.java ok and I can compile the spot.java file ok. I see what looks to be a valid spot.class file after I compile. If you're really bored, I could describe exactly how I'm launching the cmd.exe and how I point successfully to the javac.exe, but, newbie that I am, can we just go on faith that I'm doing that step right? And I also tried re-compiling the Spot.java file first, trashing the original ClickMe.java file so that everything was sequential. I'm wondering if this has something to do with the IDE & that jvm.dll out of whack.....
As for the Netbeans IDE, I'm going to see if I can reinstall that separately. The whole SDK maybe didn't unpack correctly, who knows.
But thanks for responding......