Sorry my fault,
I should have put the key as
context.put("date", new DateTool());
in a Java application and then access it in the template.
Now it works fine.On 2/6/06, Anagha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I'm newbie to velocity and trying out examples.I have been trying to get > the generic velocity tools to work with my java application. > I included velocity-tools-generic-1.2.jar in my classpath and modified " > example.vm" (from app_example1) only to insert "$date". > > I found that after merge it's printed as "$date" only instead of actual > today's date. > > I don't to intend use servlets at all. I only want to use Velocity Generic > Tools in the templates. > > Any help is appreciated. > -- > Thanks & Regards, > Anagha -- Thanks & Regards, Anagha
