I am using the Struts framework in my current application which consists of building web forms to add/edit/delete records from the database. The Struts framework saved me a lot of time - no need to write the servlet code, and parse the HttpRequest for parameters - thank you Struts! I will use Struts every time in my future projects!
One weak point of the bare-bones Struts is that *it does not* provide any means for easy building of JSP GUI. So - when I found the "Struts Layout by Improve" it was going to solve EXACTLY this issue. Unfortunately I cannot get struts-layout to work. I unpacked the "struts-layout.war", but when I type this URL http://localhost:8080/struts-layout/ I am getting an exception from "fr.improve.struts.taglib.layout.util.LayoutUtils.getLabel(LayoutUtils.java:292)". I am using Tomcat 4.0.1 and Struts1.0.1 - and this is the content of my TOMCAT_HOME/common/lib: 10/14/01 01:13p 45,386 activation.jar 10/14/01 01:13p 84,854 jdbc2_0-stdext.jar 10/14/01 01:13p 98,496 jndi.jar 10/14/01 01:13p 17,619 jta.jar 10/14/01 01:13p 280,984 mail.jar 10/14/01 01:13p 25,604 naming-common.jar 10/14/01 01:13p 36,194 naming-resources.jar 10/14/01 01:13p 75,126 servlet.jar 05/06/01 03:19a 4,710,522 tools.jar 10/14/01 01:13p 1,827 tyrex.license 10/14/01 01:13p 303,064 tyrex-0.9.7.0.jar 10/14/01 01:13p 1,808,883 xerces.jar Does anyone know what may be causing this exception? Thanks in advance Melissa Manoogian JPM STO javax.servlet.jsp.JspException at fr.improve.struts.taglib.layout.util.LayoutUtils.getLabel(LayoutUtils.java:292) at fr.improve.struts.taglib.layout.util.LayoutUtils.getLabel(LayoutUtils.java:263) at fr.improve.struts.taglib.layout.LabelledTag.getLabel(LabelledTag.java:60) at fr.improve.struts.taglib.layout.HtmlTag.doPrintHead(HtmlTag.java:134) at fr.improve.struts.taglib.layout.HtmlTag.doStartTag(HtmlTag.java:167) at org.apache.jsp.index$jsp._jspService(index$jsp.java:94) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:107) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java:202) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:382) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:474) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:201) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2344) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:462) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:163) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java:1011) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1106) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

