This works fine for me on Tomcat 3.2 on W2K,
jsp looks like this
<jsp:forward page="testForward.html" />
html like this
<HTML>
<BODY>
<H1>Hello World</H1>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Kevin Jones
DevelopMentor
www.develop.com
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Drew Nichols
> Sent: 19 January 2001 06:47
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: <jsp:forward page="thanks.html" />
>
>
> Why can't I forward to an html page from a jsp page??
> The page loads (and from the users point of view the errors make no
> difference) but a long error message is generated (see below).
> The error is generated at or after the forward to the .html is reached in
> the jsp.
> Do I have to change my static thank you page to a jsp??
>
>
> java.lang.IllegalStateException: Can't happen - classname is
> null, who added
> this ?
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.loadServlet(ServletWrapper.java:253)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.getServlet(ServletWrapper.java:205)
> at
> org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.Monitor.postService(Monito
> r.java:186
> )
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.doPostService(ContextManager
> .java:827)
> at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:268)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:356)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManag
> er.java:72
> 0)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:666)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnec
> tion(HttpC
> onnectionHandler.java:194)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:403)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:498)
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)
> 2001-01-18 09:16:55 - Ctx( ): Exception in: R( + / +
> /booking/thankYou.html) - java.lang.NullPointerException
> at
> org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.Monitor.postService(Monito
> r.java:188
> )
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.doPostService(ContextManager
> .java:827)
> at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:268)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:356)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManag
> er.java:72
> 0)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:666)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnec
> tion(HttpC
> onnectionHandler.java:194)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:403)
> at
> org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:498)
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)
>
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