[news.eclipse.tools.ve] Re: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError and java.lang

[Chris Gage <chrisgage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So I now have Eclipse 311 vanilla installed and get exactly the same error.  

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no swt-win32-3138 in java.library.path

It seems that there is some kind of secret here, that the cognoscenti are sworn never to reveal -- there is ABSOLUTELY no documentation whatsoever about how to configure Eclipse to point to the OS-specific (e.g. Windows) DLL, or where to find it.  

The Eclipse download itself has nothing about installation, although it does wax lyrical about the fact that it was tested with Windows' high contrast option (no offense to my visually challenged colleagues, I am in fact one of you).

The online doc has nothing about installation.

The Scarpino SWT/JFace book mentions this issue on page 316 but confesses there is no right way to do it, and the techniques suggested don't work, since I don't have a swt-win32-3138.dll file anywhere.

The JDG2E 2nd Edition doesn't mention it.

It can't be this hard.  Even in OS/2 you could give access to a DLL by just adding it to the libpath....  Well, OK, you had to reboot as well.

cg