I have had some success with renaming .zip files .jar (your mileage may vary).
cheers,
Kellie
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wildeboer, Tonnis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 12:05 PM
>To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>Subject: RE: Any known issues with Tomcat 3.2.1 and class loading ?
>
>If they are .zip files you'll have to add them to the CLASSPATH yourself.
>
>--Tonnis
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Hawkins, Keith (Keith) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 8:24 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Any known issues with Tomcat 3.2.1 and class loading ?
>
>
>Dear Developers:
>
>Are there any known issues with class loading under Tomcat 3.2.1?
>
>My situation is that classes in jar files that reside in the WEB-INF/lib
>directory for my servlet fail to load when accessed under Tomcat. Yet the
>classes load fine when accessed via test programs that use the very same
>jar files and call the same servlet methods.
>
>Seems like Tomcat is not working as advertised with respect to
>automatically adding jar files from <servletdir>/WEB-INF/lib to the classpath.
>
>Can anyone confirm whether this is a known issue?
>
>Thanks,
>Keith
Kellie Miller, Advanced Computing Technologist
Boeing PhantomWorks, Math & Computing Technology, Huntsville Center
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