Thread: Need help installing JDK/Texpad

I tried adding in control-1 and control-2 under Tools but it says

"'control-1' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Tool completed with exit code 1"

I'm not sure what you mean by "adding in control-1". From the error message it looks like whatever you added wasn't correct.

I have Textpad, but have never used the tools so I decided to try it out. This is what I did:

(1) I went to Configure... -> Preferences... and choose Tools.
(2) I clicked the Add button and choose Java SDK Commands.
(3) Three commands were created. I clicked OK
(4) Under Tools -> External Tools -> ... three commands appeared. (Ctrl+1 to compile, and Ctrl+2 to run)
(5) I wrote a small HelloWord.java file and tested compiling and running. My test program compiled and ran ok.

The first step gives you the ability to remove existing tools which might be a good idea if they are not configured correctly at the moment.

I fixed it. Turns out I was downloading 64bit when I should be using 86....sorry I'm an idiot :/