URLs for Required software -------------------------- JDK 1.4 - http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/download.html Ant 1.5.1 - http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/release/v1.5/bin/jakarta-ant-1.5.1-bin.zip Ultra Edit - http://www.ultraedit.com Installation steps ------------------ 1. Install Ultra Edit a. Unzip the zip file and run UEDIT32I.EXE b. Don't add it to the path, start menu or desktop but you can leave the other options on if you like. c. After it finishes installing, open up the editor. d. In the editor open the following files: - c:\winnt\UEDIT32.INI (yours may differ slightly) - UEDIT32.INI (from an email I sent) e. Copy the contents of the .ini from my email and go to the end of the local one and paste. This will give you the tool configuration that I have so you won't have to set this up manually. 2. Install Java Developer's Kit (Standard Edition) 1.4.0 from URL above to c:\j2sdk1.4.0 (the default). I don't let it update Internet Explorer or Netscape with the Java Plugin. 3. Install Jakarta Ant. Zip file is at: a. Unzip the Ant zip file directly to c:\ b. Create a the following new environment variables Name Value ---------------------------------- ANT_HOME c:\jakarta-ant-1.5 JAVA_HOME c:\j2sdk1.4.0 c. Update the PATH environment variable to contain: %ANT_HOME%\bin 5. Install the class software distribution (coming soon) to by unzipping it directly to the c:\ drive. 6. Verify the installation by bringing up UltraEdit and selecting the advanced menu->Run DOM Editor. If the editor comes up, everything should be good.