I ran into the same thing trying to use the COMM api's under the service option. In my case, it turned out that although I had the JDK installed, the service actually runs using the JRE (I think the installer actually installs the JRE). So when I put the extensions into C:\Program Files\Javasoft\JRE\1.3.1\lib\ext (rather than my usual \jdk1.3.\lib\ext), everything worked fine. I haven't seen anything else that bit me while trying to use Tomcat as a service. It actually works fairly well as a miniature application server!.
Cheers, Greg Trasuk, President StratusCom Manufacturing Systems Inc. - We use information technology to solve business problems on your plant floor. http://stratuscom.ca > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Bentzen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: April 11, 2002 14:58 > To: tomcat-user > Subject: What is different when running tomcat 4 as a service? > > > HI > > I recently tried running my Tomcat 4.0.1 as a service in w2k. > (just clicking the service option when installing). Much to > my surprise our webapplication no longer worked! > Apparantly JAR files placed in jdk extensions directory could > not be found when bootstrapping. (Due to several things which > I wont go into here, they must be there). > Why is this? How do I make it so that they can be found when > runnning as a service? And what else differs when running as > a service? Where can I find updated information about this > (for tomcat 4)? > > Thanks > Beno > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
