Last Revised 6/14/02, 4:00pm

Directions for Downloading, Unzipping, and
Running BlueJ Examples

Note: in this example, the name of the zip file to download, unzip, and run is Intro.zip. The name of the example folder is e:\csc211\Examples, also known as the Examples folder. These directions, however, work for any zip file and folder.

Downloading an Example Zip File

Using Windows Explorer
  1. Left click on Intro.zip on the Java Examples web page. The File Download Dialog will appear. Make sure that the "Save this file to disk" option button is checked. Click on OK.

  2. Choose the folder to save the zip file as csc211\Examples. Leave the file name as Intro.zip. Click on Save. The "Download complete" Dialog will appear. Click on Close.

Using Netscape
  1. Left click on Intro.zip on the Java Examples web page. The "Unknown File Type" Dialog will appear. Click on Save File.

Unzipping Intro.zip

Using FastZip98
  1. Use the Microsoft Explorer to go to the Examples folder where you saved the zip file in Step 2.

  2. Double click on the file name Intro.zip. This will start FastZip98 if you are in one of DePaul's computer labs.

  3. Select File, Open Archive. Select Intro.zip and click Open.

  4. Select Actions, Extract. The "Select Extract Directory" Dialog will appear. Select the Examples folder in which the files extracted from the zip file should be placed. Leave the name as Intro.zip. Click on OK. You will get the message box telling you how many files were extracted.

Using WinZip98

  1. Use the Microsoft Explorer to go to the Examples folder where you saved the zip file in Step 2.

  2. Double click on the file name Intro.zip. This should start WinZip98 if it is on your computer. You will get the "WinZip" dialog. Click "I Agree." You should see a listing of all the files in the zip file.

  3. Click on Actions, Extract. You should see the "Extract" Dialog. Select the Examples folder in which the files extracted from the zip file should be placed. Leave the name as Intro.zip. Click on Extract. The extracted files should appear in the Examples folder.

Using DOS unzip.exe.

  1. After downloading Intro.zip to the Examples folder, download unzip.exe also into the Examples folder.

  2. Go to the DOS Prompt. This is called the Command Prompt in Windows 2000.

  3. Type unzip Intro.zip. You will get a series of lines beginning with Creating.. and Expanding.. telling you what the unzip program did. You should now see the folder Intro in the Examples folder.

Using BlueJ to Run the Examples

  1. Go the VendingMachine (Project 1) Description for a brief summary of how to run BlueJ. Also see the BlueJ Manual available from the BlueJ Website www.BlueJ.org.