In order to run YAD_Designer you need ...

1. the YADBD package from www.sourceforge.net/projects/yadbd,
2. a working Java Runtime Environment or Java SDK (version 1.3 or later)
   (Download: http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp),
3. the SWT binary libraries (Windows or Linux GTK/Motif) from eclipse.org
   (Download: http://download.eclipse.org/downloads/index.php - Latest Release or 3.0 Stream Stable Build),
   
4. the Batik package from batik.apache.org
   (Download: http://xml.apache.org/batik/index.html#DownloadBatik).

Installation steps:

1. Install the Java Runtime Environment or theJava SDK if it is not installed yet.
2. Get the YADBD archive and unzip the package.
3. Get the SWT archive and copy it into the subdirectory 'lib'. Unzip the package to a new subdirectory 'swt'.
4. Get the BATIK archiv and unzip the package into the directory 'lib'. Rename the newly created subdirectory 'batik-1.5' to 'batik'.
5. If everything worked according to plan you will have got a directory structure like this:
   
6. On Windows modify the file 'startjar.bat' in the yadbd directory to meet the requirements of your system.
   
   On Unix/Linux 'cd' to the yadbd directory and start YAD_Designer with the command:
   java -Djava.library.path=lib/swt -cp lib/swt/swt.jar:lib/swt/swt-pi.jar:lib/batik/batik.jar:lib/yadbd.jar de.javaschule.yadbd.Yadbd