Deploying for users - on Windows

Tested successfully in Windows 7 with SWI 7.6.4.

• Make sure SWI is installed with the JPL Java-SWI connectivity. You should have a jpl.dll (in the SWI bin/ subdir) and a jpl.jar (in the SWI lib/ subdir).
• Define a system environment variable SWI_HOME_DIR and set it to the root directory of your installed version of SWI-Prolog (e.g., to C:\Program Files\swipl).
  • Extend Path system environment variable with the following two components:
    • %SWI_HOME_DIR%\bin
    • %SWI_HOME_DIR%\lib\jpl.jar
• No changes to CLASSPATH are needed.

Reported problems

Problems have been reported using latest versions of JDK beyond version 8: check here.

Troubleshooting

If the example programs don’t run successfully, look carefully at any error messages; they typically indicate where the problem lies. Then check the installation instruction s and prerequisites carefully.

• If you get a message about

   ... jpl.dll ... Access is denied ...
  

  then you may have lost execute permission on jpl.dll (please consult local Windows expertise if you don’t know how to correct this).

• If jpl_examples/0 complains that

   The dynamic link library jvm.dll could not be found in the specified path 
  

  then you should locate jvm.dll within the Java runtime which you intend to use, and ensure that its directory is within the PATH.

• If the Java examples (e.g. jpl\examples\Exception\run.bat) complain that

   The name specified is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. 
  

  then there is no Java executable java.exe in any folder on your PATH: you should have a PATH entry such as C:\jdk1.3.1_01\bin;

• If the Java examples complain that

   The dynamic link library libpl.dll could not be found in the specified path   or
   
   Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: C:\paul\bin\jpl.dll: Can't find dependent libraries 
  

  then there is no SWI-Prolog library libpl.dll in any folder on your PATH: you should have a PATH entry such as C:\Program Files\pl\bin