Save and Edit Files in TextPad
using the name Classname.java

Where Classname is the name of the class you are creating

Start Menu->run->cmd

This brings up a Dos Prompt

at Dos Prompt type...

C:\> set CLASSPATH = .

This sets the class path you only need to do this once

Goto directory with Java File, at Dos Prompt type...

Dos :> javac Classname.java

This compiles the program, to execute your Java Program type...

At Dos prompt :> java Classname

They should be fixing textpad in the next two weeks