strange classpath behaviour

[purpledawn]

Hi. A couple of times now Tomcat 3.2.3 has stopped recognizing classes in .jar files for no apparent reason. What happens is that the startup window just flashes when I run the startup.bat file, and Tomcat does not run. If I put the .jar file in the JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext folder, then it will start up. I don't understand the significance of the ext folder, not why tomcat suddenly decides to stop recognizing certian jars, and not all at once either, but a couple at a time!

I know I should upgrade, but the an application that I use supports only 3.2.3 for now.

Thanks.

 

[anastasiatx]

Have you checked the value on TOMCAT_HOME? Startup.bat (in the bin dir) uses this. Also, check tomcat.bat (called by startup.bat) to ensure that your classpath being built correctly. I found that I have to use staticClassPath and explicitly list my jars that are in the lib directory of TOMCAT_HOME.

Cheers,AA