hi, I just checked the archives but didn't find anything on the mechanisms to map an ejb-ref to an ejb that is deployed in a different application. does orion allow that and if so, what do I have to do? is there a special jndi location for that? TIA robert (-) Robert Krüger (-) SIGNAL 7 Gesellschaft für Informationstechnologie mbH (-) Brüder-Knauß-Str. 79 - 64285 Darmstadt, (-) Tel: 06151 665401, Fax: 06151 665373 (-) [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.signal7.de