1. Start/Programs/Symantec Visual Café Professional Edition/Symantec Visual Café

2. Tools/Environment Options/General/On Startup/Do Nothing

3. If Apply button is active, click Apply/OK, close and restart Visual Café

1. Close any open projects.

2. File/New Project/Empty Project

3. Project/Options/Directories tab/Output Files from drop down menu/change Output Directory to A: or U:

4. If you need to create a new file:

4a. File/New File

4b. Enter your code in the window

4c. File/Save As/ (application file) on A: or U:

5. Click on filename in Project Window, then Project/Compile…

6a. If compile successful, Build Successful appears on bottom of bar

6b. If compile failed, Messages window appears. Double click on an error message and a code editing window will appear with the source code positioned at the error. Fix error, save file, and go back to step 6.

7. Project/Execute

8. DOS window appears with execution … and goes away

9. Add the following code at the end of method main, before }
try {
System.in.read( );
} catch (Exception e) { }
//both S and E capitalized

10. Project/Execute

11. DOS window appears with execution … press return to make go away

12. Close project window, Save on A: or U: as appropriate_name.vep

- If you need to change code not containing errors, RIGHT click on file name in project window and choose Edit Source.

- If you ever change the name of the class containing main(), File/Save As/(new application file name), go into Project/Options. In the Main Class box enter the name of the class containing main() (case is important!) and press carriage return.

- If you ever need to enter command line parameters, prior to execution go into Project/Options. In the Program Arguments box enter the parameters.

- Next time you want to work on this program, do File/Open Project and select correct drive and project name. Change code and go back to step 7.

1. Close any open projects

2. File/New Project/AWT Applet

3. Project/Options/Directories tab/Output Files from drop down menu/change Output Directory to A: or U:

4. Click on Applet1 Edit/Delete

5. If you need to create a new file:

5a. File/New File

5b. Enter your code in the window

5c. File/Save As/ (applet file)

6. Project/Build Applet

7a. If compile successful, Build Successful appears on bottom of bar

7b. If compile failed, Messages window appears. Double click on an error message and a code editing window will appear with the source code positioned at the error. Fix error, save file, and go back to step 7.

8. Project/Execute

9. Applet is run in applet window … close applet window to make go away

10. Close project window Save on A: or U: as appropriate_name.vep

- If you need to change code not containing errors, RIGHT click on file name in project window and choose Edit Source.

- If you ever change the name of the applet, File/Save As/ (new applet file name), and go back to step 1.

- Next time you want to work on this project do File/Open Project and select the correct drive and project name. Change code and go back to step 6.