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Installing and Uninstalling
Installation
To install J2PrinterWorks, download the J2PrinterWorks .zip file and unzip. This will create a J2PrinterWorks folder containing all the code, sample programs, and documentation.
To access the documentation, use your favorite browser to view the file J2PrinterWorksREADME.html. The J2PrinterWorks folder also contains the following items:
J2PrinterWorks.jar, a jar file containing all the J2TablePrinter classes
documentation folder containing all the J2PrinterWorks documentation including the J2PrinterWorks javadoc files
samplePrograms folder containing all the J2PrinterWorks sample programs and associated source code files.
Product versions and serial numbers
The products J2PrinterWorks, the J2PrinterWorks Text Edition, and the J2PrinterWorks Table Edition, are all distributed in the same J2PrinterWorks .zip distribution file, so the installation instructions are the same. The particular product you have purchased will be enabled using a serial number provided to you in your product confirmation email. To unlock the version you have purchased, you need to include the following code in each program that you write:
J2Printer printer = new J2Printer("your serial number"); // (similarly for J2Printer14 or J2PrinterWebStart)
Alternatively , after you instantiate J2Printer (or J2Printer14 or J2PrinterWebStart) you can call:
printer.setParams("your serial number");
Regardless of which version of J2PrinterWorks you have purchased, you will have all the classes for the complete J2PrinterWorks product. Your serial number will unlock the product versions of the classes you have purchased. In addition, the unpurchased classes will also be usable, but only as "Free Trial Versions". The "Free Trial Version" means you will not be able to change the left, center, or right headers including the center header saying "EVALUATION USE ONLY", plus you will also get a "Thank You" page added to the end of each print job.
For example, if you purchase the J2PrinterWorks Text Edition, you will have full product versions of all the classes, except that J2TablePrinter, J2TreePrinter, J2ListPrinter, and J2ComponentPrinter will be "Free Trial Versions". In addition, if you instantiate either J2TablePrinter, J2TreePrinter, J2ListPrinter, or J2ComponentPrinter then any use of J2FlowPrinter will also be the "Free Trial Version".
Update releases and Annual Maintenance
From time to time, Wildcrest Associates will release new major and minor upgrades of this product. Customers who purchase (or upgrade to) J2PrinterWorks 4.x receive a free Annual Maintenance contract for a period of one year from their date of purchase (or upgrade). Annual Maintenance is renewable thereafter for a fee on an annual basis. All product upgrades are available by download at no charge to customers who have a current Annual Maintenance contract. You can determine the version of J2PrinterWorks you currently have by double-clicking on your copy of J2PrinterWorks.jar.
You can determine the latest available release by viewing the latest "Release Notes" in the J2PrinterWorks on-line Documentation available at http://www.wildcrest.com/Software/J2PrinterWorks.
Customers under Annual Maintenance can download the latest release of the J2PrinterWorks by visiting http://www.wildcrest.com/Product/J2PrinterWorks and entering their email address and product serial number.
Using J2PrinterWorks as classes
It is easiest to use J2PrinterWorks by simply invoking it as an ordinary library of classes in Java applications. J2PrinterWorks is not itself inherently a GUI component, so there is no particular need to work with it using a visual builder other than convenience of setting properties. To use the J2PrinterWorks classes, since J2PrinterWorks is in the package com.wildcrest.j2printerworks, the file J2PrinterWorks.jar must be in your class path. You need to do one of the following things:
- Modify your classpath to include J2PrinterWorks.jar
- Add J2PrinterWorks.jar into your Java jre\lib\ext folder
- Add J2PrinterWorks.jar to the -classpath for your javac and java commands
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