Duh. That certainly looks like it would be the problem. It had to be something pretty gross and stupid. That will lead me to a better place on deployment. I'll deploy a derby .jar alongside mine and reference it there instead of being dependent on some separate installation.
Thank you all for your patience and kind attention. Sorry to have bothered you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Hillegas" <rick.hille...@oracle.com> To: "Derby Discussion" <derby-user@db.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 11:16:06 AM Subject: Re: Can't Load Embedded Driver On 8/9/11 7:50 AM, Bryan Pendleton wrote: >> C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\java.exe -splash:EMsplash.jpg -jar "C:\Program >> Files\ElectionManager\EMServer.jar" > > Not sure if this is the problem, but I believe that if you use '-jar' on > your command line, then CLASSPATH is ignored, and ALL the classes have to > come from the jar, right? > > thanks, > > bryan > > That agrees with the description of "java -jar" here: http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/windows/java.html The jar file manifest needs to have a Class-Path attribute which lists the whole classpath for the application. See http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/downman.html Hope this helps, -Rick
