Re: initial properties

[Geeta Ramani]

Hi Jian: I am not exactly going to answer your question, but you could circumvent the problem as follows: At the head of your jsp check for the existance of a session variable, say, "filename". If the value is null, then redirect to your servlet. This will initialise the servlet (and therefore rad the init param) and after that the doGet() method will be called. In the doGet(), set the session variable called "filename" and redirect to the initial jsp. Now when you check for the "filename" session variable, you will not get null. Regards, Geeta "Ouyang, Jian" wrote: Hi,This may be a little off topic.The web server can be set up such that the property file name can be pick up within the init() method within a servlet. Can I do the same with JSP page?I want to know if (and how) we can set up the web server so the first JSP page can pick up the property file name. If this can be done with JSP, then I don't need to hard code the file name and the path in the JSP page. Our web server is set up such that the servlet will not be hit until the request is being sent from a page. So to get the property file name from a servlet will not work for me (it is too late). We use weblogic web server.Thanks.Jian