The cp.bat file I received with dom4j-1.1.zip needs to be modified. The cp.bat file has one line: set CP=%CD%\%1;%CP%
This does not work in windows for classpath references. In windows starting the relative path with a slash will start you at the root of the drive you're on, rather than look for a sub-directory of that name from your current location. An echo of %CP% shows: D:\JAVA\dom4j-1.1>echo %CP% build\classes;c:\jdk1.3.1\lib\tools.jar;\lib\PULLPA~1.JAR;\lib\JAXP.JAR; \lib\JUNIT.JAR;\lib\CRIMSON.JAR;\lib\OPTIONAL.JAR;\lib\SAXPATH.JAR;\lib\ANT. JAR; \lib\TIDY.JAR;\lib\XALAN.JAR;\lib\MSV.JAR;\lib\XMLDB.JAR;\lib\JAXEN.JAR; The backslash should be removed to work effectively: set CP=%CD%%1;%CP% P.S. dom4j is just the solution I've been looking for, and so far it's working fine. Bill Parker-Combes CECOM LRC LEO Computer Science Specialist Work: 732-532-5391 DSN: 992-5391 Fax: 732-532-3421 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ dom4j-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-dev