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Downloading .jar files into BlueJ

A “.jar” file is a “java archive” -- a file which bundles all the different .java files (and any other files) in a directory into a single file. It is a popular way to distribute Java programs which consist of many files. It also is a way to bundle together all the files of one BlueJ project.

If you want to download a .jar file and open it from BlueJ, you have to

• From a web browser, right-click on the file;
• when prompted, save the file to the disk. (Do not tell the browser to open the file; that won't work.)
• Go to BlueJ, and select Project > Open non-BlueJ….

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