Error message on running the java code from Eclipse

Hi,
I installed Eclipse newly on E: drive at my computer and the workspace location is F:\java-exp. the jdk is located at the following path F:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_02. I am trying to run a new program using Eclipse and am getting the following error "selection does not contain a main type". even .class file is not created in the output folder. can you please help me on this as I am sure that this must be some setup/configuration issue. Also paradon me if I am using a wrong forum for posting this question.

Regards,

It looks like what ever class file you are trying to run does not have a

method. It might be that your pressing the Run button when you have the wrong method selected, have no main(...) method, or have the main(...) method declared incorrectly.

its a very simple program


public class Hello {

/**
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
System.out.println("Hello World");

}

}

please can someone help on this

There is nothing wrong with the class -- likely an eclipse config error. Moving topic to IDE forum.

Henry

can anyone look at it and advice please?

Did you create a Java Project or a simple Project?

Is the Hello.java file in a directory identified by Eclipse as a "source directory"? If not, Eclipse will neither compile not run it.

Did you turn off automatic build? Can you build manually?

If you created a Java Project and the Hello.java file is in a source directory, then try adding a package declaration to the class and see if that helps.