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Re: problem with java tutorial

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From: Steve Horsley
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 00:00
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Two things:

1) 
The tutorial.zip is 9.5M, not 8.5M. Are you sure you got it all?
Check your file size against the download page description.

I have seen problems with FTP downloads where the end of the file
gets lost if the download takes a very long time. I think the FTP
control connection does an inactivity timeout while the data 
connection is still going.
For this reason, I prefer to use HTTP to download - HTTP cannot 
suffer this problem as only one TCP connection is used.

2) 
It uses long filenames. Depending on what version of PKUNZIP you
are using, it might have expanded it all using short (8.3) filenames,
which would leave loads of HTML links broken. Put the cursor over a 
link, read in the status bar where the link links to, then check
with the Windows Explorer that the directory/file exists.

I have successfully unzipped the tutorial using Sun's JAR tool:
"jar xf tutorial.zip". You could give this a try. Actually, I've
never unzipped it with anything else (I've done about 5 downloads
for updates).

I have none of the problems you describe with either netscape or IE.
Not much consolation for you, I know, but there is nothing wrong 
with Sun's tutorial - the problem is on your PC.

Hope this helps - Steve.
//---------------------------
William Barker wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i've downloaded the java tutorial from www.javasoft.com... i've unzipped
> the 8.5meg zip file using pkunzip, but! ... now that it's unzipped... open
> any .html file.. and at the top you will see Start of Tutorial> ....Start
> of Trail> .....Start of lesson> ..... Search.....
> 
> clicking on any of the above which is highlited within the browser and it
> does nothing,,
> shouldn't it go to the relevent section..
> 
> furthermore what's happened to the graphics ...there are red x's, whene
> pointing the mouse on these objects it displays Previous Page...  Lesson
> Contents.... Next Page....
> but again does nothing .
> 
> as i'm new to all this can someone tell me what i'm doing wrong.
> 
> thanks ,
> 
> William Barker,
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