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You can download it from here: http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/personal/index.html
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It's free. Just create a login so that they can send you an activation
file.
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Download JBuilder7, unzip it, and click the 'per_install' icon.
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When the wizard starts, click next until installation begins (you must
accept the license conditions). Finally click Done.
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Save the activation file sent to you via email onto your computer. When you try to run JBuilder 7 from
your Start->Programs you will be asked to specify the location of this file. Once you do this, and accept their
terms and conditions (again), JBuilder7 will finally start.
1. To
use help on JBuilder7, download jb7docs.zip. You can also download
jb7samples.zip for samples. Installation instructions are similar to above. http://info.borland.com/jbuilder/download/addons.html#personal7
2. To
access help online, there is a vast source of help documentation under PDF
Books: http://info.borland.com/techpubs/jbuilder/index7.html
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Create a new project. You can do this by clicking on the 'New Project'
icon or using File->New Project.
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On the tabs window that appears, notice the paths created. Find this path
using the windows environment. Once you have found your project, click into it.
Here you will see a class folder and a bak folder. You must add a src folder.
In the src folder, paste the TAM and Triangle folders containing the source
code (*.java files). Finally, paste the example *.tri files into your project
folder.
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Back in the tabs window you have open in JBuilder7, if it is still open,
click OK to close it. You now have to add the TAM and Triangle package. Click
on the 'Add files/packages' icon or File->Add Files/Packages. Select the
Packages tab on the tabs window that appears. If you created the src folder
properly and added the two folders to it, you should see them as packages. Add
them both. Click OK.
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Finally, you must specify the run time properties. Right-click on your
project icon in the top-left labeled as a .jpx file. Select the 'Run' tab in
the tabs window that appears. This allows you to specify the main file and the
arguments. Set the main file to Compiler. You can do this using the browse
button. In the arguments, enter the name of the .tri file you want to compile.
If you placed it in the project folder earlier, its name is enough for the
JBuilder7 compiler to find it.
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You are set. Click on the make icon or Project->Make files. This will
compile all your *.java files. When you get a successful compilation, you can
run it by clicking the run icon or Run-->Run Project.
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if you want to run the interpreter instead, you need to change the main
file and the arguments in the Run Properties again. The main file should be
Interpreter from the TAM package and the argument should be 'obj.tam' as this
is the file created by the compiler. This may become too cumbersome; so if you
discover an alternative, by all means let me know.
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Good luck.