I got it to work... thanks to all... the problem was that I was trying to get the pageContext in the tags constructor and I guess in is not available until the doStartTag() method. I am new the this environment.
-----Original Message----- From: Thomas Schnelle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 3:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AW: getting the servlet context Try this ServletContext con = pageContext.getServletContext(); regards Thomas -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Johnson, Nathaniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Montag, 1. Oktober 2001 21:49 An: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Betreff: getting the servlet context Does anyone know how to get the servletContext from within a custom tag (public class MyTag extends SupportTag...) Thanks! Nate