command-line programs the sdk operates in text modeusing the command line to launch its various programs in windowsyou'll need to open an ms-dos box to obtain this command line click the start buttonand find the program called ms-dos prompt it may be in the accessories folderand it may be called something elselike command prompt thenin ms-dosuse the cd (for change directorycommand to move to the appropriate subdirectory on your hard diskwhere either workshop applet or an example program is stored then execute the applet or program using the appropriate sdk utility as detailed below setting the path in windowsthe location of the sdk utility programs should be specified in path statement in the autoexec bat file so they can be accessed conveniently from within any subdirectory this path statement may be placed automatically in your autoexec bat file when you run the setup program for the sdk otherwiseuse the notepad utility to insert the line set path= :\jdk\bininto the autoexec bat filefollowing any other set path commands you'll find autoexec bat in your root directory close the ms-dos box and open new one to activate this new path (modify the version number and directory name as necessary viewing the workshop applets to use the sdk to run the workshop appletsfirst use the cd command in ms-dos to navigate to the desired subdirectory for exampleto execute the array workshop applet from "arrays,move to its directoryc:\>cd javaapps :\javaapps>cd chap :\javaapps\chap >cd array then use the appletviewer utility from the sdk to execute the applet' html filec:\javaapps\chap \array>appletviewer array html the applet should start running (sometimes an applet takes while to loadso be patient the applet' appearance should be close to the screen shots shown in the text it won' look exactly the same because every applet viewer and browser interprets html and java format somewhat differently