Hi, i'm using tomcat in standalone mode on win 2000 for jsps. when i use jsp:useBean i get the following exception. Unhandled error! You might want to consider having an error page to report such errors more gracefully java.lang.Error: Fatal Error: missing resource: java.util.PropertyResourceBundle at org.apache.jasper.Constants.getString(Constants.java:206) at org.apache.jasper.Constants.getString(Constants.java:189) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser$Bean.accept(Parser.java:627) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:1073) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:1038) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:1034) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:182) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet.loadJSP(JspServlet.java:413) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.loadIfNecessar y(JspServlet.java:149) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspSer vlet.java:161) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:2 61) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:369) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.ja va:503) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:559 ) at org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnectio n(HttpConnectionHandler.java:160) at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpConnectionThread.run(SimpleTcpEndpoint.j ava:338) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) any help is greatly appreciated. my jsp code is <html> <jsp:useBean id="loginBean" class="LoginBean"> <jsp:setProperty name="loginBean" property="loginName"/> <jsp:setProperty name="loginBean" property="password"/> <jsp:getProperty name="loginBean" property="loginName"/> <jsp:getProperty name="loginBean" property="password"/> </html> Vishnu Akkaraju, Software Engineer(Consultant) ElderVision 215 Allegheny Avenue Oakmont PA 15139 USA (412) 826-0460 voice (412) 826-0155 fax (412) 820-7344 home [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.eldervision.net