To create custom project stationery: 1. Make a new project. Select the Application stationery. You may extend on other stationery, as you see fit. 2. Name the project with the desired stationery name. 3. Switch to the O/S, and copy the necessary jar files into the project folder. These should be copies; do not use the originals. 4. Once the project is created, modify the TrivialApplication file to import the libraries you need. I use, for example: // Author: // Instructor: // Lab: import structure.*; import element.*; public class Application { public static void main(String[] args) { ConsoleWindow c = new ConsoleWindow(); DrawingWindow d = new DrawingWindow(); d.out.println("Howdy world?"); } } 5. Notice that I changed the name of the class to Application. This makes student work feel a little less trivial. This will involve saving the new class as Application.java, and changing the Applications Settings>>Java Target: - Main Class should be Application - Java Output should be Application.zip - Output type should be application 6. Delete the TrivialApplication file from the project, if necessary and add the Application file to the project. 7. Run and test the code until it works as a good sample program. 8. Select Project>>Remove Object Code. OK this operation. 9. Files>>Exit. 10. Clean up the project folder so that all that remains is - the project file - the libraries - the Application.java source file Everything else should be removed. 11. Copy the folder to the Stationary folder in MetroWerks: on Windows machines this is: Program Files\MetroWerks\CW Learning Edition\Stationery\Java\JDK 1.1 12. Next time you start a new project, the stationery should be part of the Java>>JDK 1.1 choice.