Can't run code outside CATALINA_HOME

Hello;

I've been trying to setup tomcat in such a way that the source code is outside of the CATALINA_HOME directory. The location of my code is "c:\testapp". I assumed that all I needed to do was set the docbase in the apps xml file(testapp.xml) located in the localhost directory to accomplish this.

Example:
Context path="/testapp" docbase="c:\testapp"

But alas, it does not work.

I can't seem to find any clear answer as to how I accomplish this?

Any suggestion or help will be deeply apprecitated.

Thanks
D.B.
[ November 30, 2005: Message edited by: Dave Berkheimer ]

That should work.
Is c:\testapp a valid webapp?
Does it have a WEB-INF directory in it?

Yes, the WEB-INF directory, as well as the necessary subdirectories are included. In order to make things as crystal clear as possible I'll include the entire contents of my testapp.xml file.

<Context path="/testapp" docbase="c:\testapp" debug="0" realoadable="true"/>

Thanks
D.B.

Originally posted by Dave Berkheimer:
Yes, the WEB-INF directory, as well as the necessary subdirectories are included. In order to make things as crystal clear as possible I'll include the entire contents of my testapp.xml file.

<Context path="/testapp" docbase="c:\testapp" debug="0" realoadable="true"/>

Thanks
D.B.

I think I found it.
Try "docBase" instead of "docbase" (case sensitive).

That did the trick.

Ben... you are indeed "Da Man"

Many thanks
D.B.