Re: classpath question

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll take a guess - a JAR file is a container for classes - if you had 
an actual class object, maybe that would be found.

As I say, a WAG!

Vern

On 2/6/2013 11:36 AM, tim.dclinc@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> im using Scott's POI to write excel documents. I placed the jar files in
> the ifs "java" folder. I modified the classpath as follows:
>
> /QIBM/UserData/Java400/ext/:/java/poi3.1/
>
> when i try executing my code, i get a class not found error. I modified
> the classpath as follows again:
>
> /QIBM/UserData/Java400/ext/:/java/poi3.1/poi3.1.jar
>
> and now it works.
>
> Im not sure why i have to specify the jar file in the classpath. Why
> doesnt it work just specifying the folder the jars are contained in.