Re: [docbook-apps] Beginner Problems Updating CLASSPATHS for SaxonInstallation

["Juan R. Migoya" <jmigoya@telefonica.net>]

Hi René:

"Variable" is for example CLASSPATH
"Value" is for example: 
C:\studies\xsl\extensions\saxon651.jar;C:\studies\saxon\saxon.jar

Regards,
Juan R. Migoya
SPAIN

René Haché wrote

>To whom it may concern,
>
>I am trying to install and use Saxon on a Windows XP Professional machine by
>following the directions in Bob Stayton's "DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide",
>but I am utterly confused. I know how to get to the Environment Variables
>dialog box, but confused on how exactly to change or add new system
>variables.
>
>When I click to create a new Variable, a dialog box comes up with two
>fields: "Variable" and a "Value". What do I put in each of those fields if
>my .jar files are located here:
>
>-C:\studies\xsl\extensions\saxon651.jar
>-C:\studies\saxon\saxon.jar
>
>I guess I am unclear of the difference between a Variable and a Value when
>creating a new Environment Variable and exactly what to put in there. Also
>the following statement, from "DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide" under the
>section "Using Saxon" is very unclear to me:
>
>"Saxon is a Java application, which means you need to add the appropriate
>Java class files to your CLASSPATH environment variable. Then you execute
>the java command with the main processor class as its first argument."
>
>I do not know what the appropriate Java class files are?
>
>Thank you for helping the lost beginner,
>René
>
>
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