how to setup jacorb dev env
1:download JacORB_2_2

       http://www.jacorb.org/download.html
  download ant
       http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi

2:extact JacORB_2_2.jar to d:\JacORB_2_2

3:setup sys environment

       set ANT_HOME=
       set JAVA_HOME=
       set JACORB_HOME=d:\JacORB_2_2
       set PATH=%PATH%;%ANT_HOME%\bin;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%JACORB_HOME%\bin;
       set CLASSPAHT=.;%CLASSPAHT%;%ANT_HOME%\lib\ant.jar;%JACORB_HOME%\lib\jarorb.jar;%JACORB_HOME%\lib\idl.jar\;%JACORB_HOME%\lib\logkit-1.2.jar

4:rename %JACORB_HOME%\etc\jacorb_properties.template to %JACORB_HOME%\etc\jacorb.properties
  and modify the 50th line to 53th line to
 
       #ORBInitRef.NameService=file:/y:/nsiona.ref
      
ORBInitRef.NameService=file://d://test//NS_Ref
      
#ORBInitRef.NameService=http://www.x.y.z/~user/NS_Ref
      
#ORBInitRef.TradingService=http://www.x.y.z/~user/TraderRef
 
  modify 618th line to
       jacorb.naming.ior_filename=d://test//NS_Ref

5:rename  %JACORB_HOME%\jacotemplate.bat to %JACORB_HOME%\jaco.bat
 
  and modify related env variable
 
  rename   %JACORB_HOME%\idltemplate.bat to %JACORB_HOME%\idl.bat
  
  and modify related env variable

6:  use ant compile and build idl and java

     cd  %JACORB_HOME%\demo\grid  

     run ant
   
     the generate class file in %JACORB_HOME%\classes  and generated java file in %JACORB_HOME%\demo\grid

7: open a new cmd window:
          cd %JACORB_HOME%   ns
 
   you can see the following result:   
       [ configuration jacorb loaded from file %JAORB_HOME%\etc\jacorb.properties]

   open a new cmd window:
          cd %JACORB_HOME%   jaco demo.grid.Server
  you can see the following result:   
  [ configuration jacorb loaded from file %JAORB_HOME%\etc\jacorb.properties]
  
  open a new cmd window:
          cd %JACORB_HOME%   jaco demo.grid.client
    you can see the following result:   
 
  [ configuration jacorb loaded from file D:\work\nj\JACORB\etc\jacorb.properties]
   Height = 31
   Width = 14
   Old value at (30,13): 0.21
   Setting (30,13) to 470.11
   New value at (30,13): 470.11
   MyException, reason: This is only a test exception, no harm done :-)
   done.