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To activate all the powerful software
development features of Visual Cafe, one must create a
"project" that will manage the various files in the Java
program under development.
To create a project in Visual Cafe, follow
these steps:
- Bring up Visual Cafe on your computer.
- Be sure that all other files and
projects are closed by using the menu choices under the main
"File" menu.
- On VC's main menu, select File/New
Project.
- You will be presented with a variety of
choices for a new project. The most relevant choices are
"basic application", "basic applet", and
"empty project".
- basic application: VC
automatically creates a Frame object and file with the
standard file/edit/help main menus of a Windows program.
- basic applet: VC
automatically creates an applet object and file and an HTML
file that calls the applet.
- Empty project: VC does not
automatically create any files. This is useful if you
have existing files that you want to turn into a
project.
- Select the type of project desired.
- Select File/Save All.
- You will be prompted to save the
project file (*.vep). This file contains all the
project information. Strong Recommendation: Save the file
in a folder that will hold only the files associated with this
project unless you are creating packages.
- You will then be prompted to save any
files that were automatically created by VC. Save them in
the same directory as the project file above.
- Save any other Java files you will use
in this project in that same folder.
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