In this collection of documents, we describe how to develop Java applications that use the SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) instead of using Java’s Swing or AWT widgets. SWT applications are developed using the Eclipse workbench. By the end of this document, you will be able to create a stand-alone Java application (jar file) that uses the SWT and runs on either Windows or Linux. In this document, we describe the installation of Eclipse on Windows and Linux platforms and the creation of a simple Java program that uses the SWT.

We have attempted to note common problems that affect the install and provide solutions to these problems. We used Windows XP Professional with the Java 1.4.0 JRE and Eclipse 2.1 as the primary platform for illustrating the use of Eclipse, but issues specific to Linux (both GTK and Motif) are also described at the end of this document.

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