Basic Java help

[shinobi59]

I am trying to just compile a very back program and it compiles but when I run it I get errors:

Java version = java version "1.5.0_09"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_09-b03, mixed mode)

Program HelloJava.java

public class HelloJava {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello, Java!");
}
}

or import javax.swing.*;

public class HelloJava
{
public static void main( String[] args )
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame( "Hello, Java!" );
JLabel label = new JLabel("Hello, Java!", JLabel.CENTER );
frame.add ( label );
frame.setSize( 300, 300 );
frame.setVisible( true );
}
}

After I compile and run either program above which appear to be correct (no compile errors) I get the following:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: HelloJava

I used to be able to do this sort of program (v1.4?) and did not have any problems.

Can anyone assist or suggest what I am doing wrong?

Thanks.

[stephen84s]

Hmmm, strange problem,
If you are on windows, can u try first running the command set CLASSPATH= , and then trying to run the program in the same console after it.

Oh yes and please remember to wrap code in code tags

[haxpor]

Set the CLASSPATH Variable to include also './'

This tell java to also regard the current directory to be our path of containing classes too.