HPKComposer for Csound version 2.0, 2.1 - Installation


HPKComposer can run with the Java Development Kit version 1.1 or 1.2. Two command files are in the directory where you have unpacked the zip file: HPKComposerJDK11.bat for launching the program under the JDK 1.1 and HPKComposerJDK1.2 for launching it under the JDK 1.2.

If your are using the JDK1.2, you only have to check that the PATH environment variable is set in the autoexec.bat (Windows), and contains the location of the Java binary files, for example: d:\JDK1.2\BIN. You can now launch HPKComposer using HPKComposer.bat. Click on the load button and navigate to the composition folder for loading one of the sample composition. Then click on the Settings button for finsihing the setup.You can select the external sound player and the csound compiler you want to use in the output tabbed pane. Just use the browse button for navigating through the folders of your disks, select the program and click on the open button.

If your are using the JDK1.1, you have to edit the HPKComposerJDK11.bat as indicated below:

Installation procedures for Windows 95/98/NT environment, and JDK 1.1

By default, HPKComposerJDK11.bat has the following structure

jre -cp .;d:\Java\swing-1.1beta3\swingall.jar;hpkc.jar hpkc.commonview.CSoundApplication 

You have to manualy edit the string in blue to specify where the singall.jar file is located on you hard disk. Don't touch to anything else and respect the case.

Installation procedures for other environment

Except for the path notation, the installation setup is exactly the same. Just follow the different topics above by adaptating them.

Dave Phillips has written the procedure for Linux in the following Linux Journal.