a reasonable guess is that console i/o on Netbeans 6.7 is slow. if thei is a problem in log4j, it would appear to be in the consoleappender, fileappender seems to be ok.
perhaps querying someone that knows lot's about Netbeans would be a good idea? Douglas E Wegscheid Lead Technical Analyst, Whirlpool Corporation (269)-923-5278 "A wrong note played hesitatingly is a wrong note. A wrong note played with conviction is interpretation."
