You have to make sure to pass the rellavent jars, including dot, as in a period, into your compiler such that it can locate those things ... Similarly, it will need them at runtime so you'll need to do the same thing. Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 1:00 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Java: using third-party library? Hi all, I am using Android, which is in Java, so essentially I am using Java. I have the ASmack library, an XMPP library made for Android, and I am using ANT to compile my project. I get the message that "the package does not exist", then 55 more errors, all of which are about classes and objects I use from the ASmack library, which cannot be located. How do you use a .jar file as a package in Java? Thanks. -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind