Starting SimplyHTML

Java Web Start

The simplest way to run SimplyHTML is to press button 'Web Start Me Now' at https://www.lightdev.com/dev/sh.htm . Alternately, direct your browser to https://www.lightdev.com/shtm.jnlp to achieve the same.

No file copying, no link or path settings, just one click.

Traditional start

To run the executable JAR file without Java Web Start, use the following command on the command line prompt of your system

(replace \ by / and omit .exe on Unix or Linux systems)

[JRE]\bin\java.exe -jar [AppDir]\SimplyHTML.jar

[AppDir] in above command means the directory, you have installed SimplyHTML on your computer. [JRE] means the directory, the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) Runtime Environment (JRE) is stored on your computer.

Note: All paths should not contain blanks. A path such as C:\Program Files\SimplyHTML as the <AppDir> will only work if it is put in quotes, such as in "C:\Program Files\SimplyHTML\SimplyHTML.jar"

Example 1 (Windows)

If your JRE is in directory

c:\programs\java\j2re1.4.0_01

and SimplyHTML is in directory

c:\programs\SimplyHTML\

the command to start SimplyHTML would be

c:\programs\java\j2re1.4.0_01\bin\java.exe -jar c:\programs\SimplyHTML\SimplyHTML.jar

Example 2 (Linux)

On Linux your JRE might be on

/usr/lib/java2/j2re1.4.0_01

and SimplyHTML might be in

/opt/simplyhtml

then the command to run SimplyHTML would be

/usr/lib/java2/j2re1.4.0_01/bin/java -jar /opt/simplyhtml/SimplyHTML.jar