I have to ask the obvious question: Is it in ur classpath? That is all I can think off now .... itz been a loooong day. Anup. P.S: Actually I think u might get some pointers from this discussion http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum11/HTML/001418.html [This message has been edited by anup vachali (edited August 28, 2001).]