i've noticed a html formating bug in the way jsp:plugin is interpreted and expanded in the latest version of tomcat. it causes both netscape and mozillia browser to fail in parsing the html tags... jsp code... <pre> <jsp:plugin type="applet" code="swingApplet.class" codebase="." width="400" height="250"> </jsp:plugin> </pre> interpretation... <pre> <OBJECT classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93" width="400" height="250" codebase="<http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.2.2/jinstall-> 1_2_2-win.cab#Version=1,2,2,0"> <PARAM name="java_code" value="swingApplet.class"> <PARAM name="java_codebase" value="."> <PARAM name="type" value="application/x-java-applet;"> <COMMENT> <EMBED type="application/x-java-applet;" width="400" height="250" pluginspage="<http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/> java_code="swingApplet.class" java_codebase="." > <NOEMBED> </COMMENT> <p> unable to start plug-in </p> </NOEMBED></EMBED> </OBJECT> </pre> notice the placement of the COMMENT tags releative to the NOEMBED and EMBED tags they are not properly scoped. this causes the html parsing to fail for certain browsers... mozzilla. Robert E. Gretta, Jr. platform developer @hand corporation voice: 512.231.9993 fax: 512.231.9994 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | <http://www.hand.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]