How to setup
directories
Index
Select Customize/Options/Directories... to display the
directories dialog box as shown below -

- Internet Browser file is the browser program file for
the browser. This information is used in some commands to
open the HTML file in a browser. This field is optional.
JDK Bin Path -
- Java Bin directory is the JDK bin directory. This
field can have multiple directories but only one can be
selected at any one time. This option of having multiple
paths is helpful to switch between different version of
JDK from within Kawa without having to change the system
PATH variable every time. It is important to set
this directory path properly for Kawa native debugger to
find the necessary JDK DLLs.
- Java Lib directory is where the JDK classes.zip file
is located. This is defaulted to the same directory as
Java Bin but bin is replaced with lib. Please modify the
value if it is in a different location.
- Java Source directory is the location of Java source
files directory. This information is used to open the
source file during debugging and on double clicks from
the package tab.
Package Source Path -
- Package Source directory is the list of directories to
search for custom package source files. This does not
include the JDK source files. This field can have
multiple values separated by semi-colon. The drop down
list provides the option of defining multiple sets of
source paths that can be switched quickly. This
information is used to open the source file during
debugging and on double clicks from the package tab.
- Java documents directory is the location of Java
document sub-directory. This information is used in the
online help information to display the help files and for
the method tooltip information
during class override operation.
- Kawa files directory is the location of Kawa data
files. On a single user installation this location points
to the location of the program files. On a multi user
installation this location is the path to all the Kawa
data files. Please refer to Kawa multi-user setup for
more information on this. This path should be set
automatically by Kawa setup but please make sure it
points to the correct location at all times.
- The help index file is the file used by Kawa to
locate information for F1 help on the JDK. The default is
called Kawa.hpg and is located in the Kawa directory.
- The package index file is the file used by Kawa
to search for source code location in the JDK. The
default is called Kawa.pkg and is located in the Kawa
directory.
- Please refer to How
to maintain Paths for more information on the
paths maintain dialog