--- Andi Heusser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I have a web application where I need to load some
> 3rd party libraries DLLs)
> and I would like to have these DLLs in a
> subdirectory in my app
> (webapps/MyApp/WEB-INF/lib). However when I try to
> do a 'loadLibrary' it
> fails to find them. I then noticed that the
> 'Tomcat/bin' directory is in
> this path and if I copy the DLLs in there, then it
> works fine.
>
>
>
> I've tried to set the system property inside my app
> in the static
> initializer of the main class but that doesn't seem
> to work. I basically
> tried to do the following:
>
> static{
>
> String libPath =
> System.getProperty("java.library.path");
>
> String myLibPath =
> System.getProperty("myapp.lib.path");
> //env var set in PC's system variables (WinXP)
>
> System.setProperty("java.library.path",
> libPath +
> File.pathSeparator + myLibPath);
>
> }
>
>
>
> I also looked through the Tomcat conf files but I
> couldn't find any place
> where I could properly set or override the
> java.library.path.
>
>
>
> Is there a way to set this in Tomcat or will I have
> to copy the DLLs into
> Tomcat's bin directory?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andi
I like finer control over loading native files. I use
System.load instead. You can get your web app path
from the Servlet API. It makes it easier and you
don't have to make sure your library is on a path.
Wade
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