Java Tutorial/Development/JNI

If the DLL is in the CLASSPATH then you don"t need to specify a PATH.

Runtime.getRuntime().load("d:/directoryX/subDirY/MyDll.dll");

Load a DLL

System.loadLibrary("d:\\directoryX\\subDirY\\MyDll.dll")

Specify through the JVM command line the location where to find the JNI DLL to be loaded

java -Djava.library.path=c:/JNI