If you do not have a full-fledge webapp (with a WEB-INF/web.xml), you will have to add the context to Tomcat's server.xml
Here's an example that I use to just "noodle around" with jsp files: <Context className="org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext" crossContext="true" reloadable="true" mapperClass= "org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextMapper" useNaming="true" debug="0" swallowOutput="false" privileged="false" wrapperClass= "org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper" docBase="beg-jsp" cookies="true" path="/beg-jsp" cachingAllowed="true" charsetMapperClass= "org.apache.catalina.util.CharsetMapper"> <Logger className= "org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" debug="0" verbosity="1" prefix="localhost_beg-jsp_log." directory="logs" timestamp="true" suffix=".txt"/> </Context> This is based on the example in server.xml. However, if you want to use taglibs you'll need to go the entire route with a proper WEB-INF, lib, and WEB-INF/web.xml. In the long run, it's probably best to do this, since any web application you deploy should have the standard web application deployment descriptor. Take a look at %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\tomcat-docs\appdev and the subdirectories for a simple example. HTH /mde/ just my two cents . . . . __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]