startup error: Unable to find required classes (javax.activation.DataHandler ...)

["Dr. Exner" <ex...@fh-flensburg.de>]

Hi,

with both, the preconfigured version from 
jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9-preconfigured.zip and the installation from 
apache-tomcat-5.5.15.exe I get the following startup messages:

- Unable to find config file.  Creating new servlet engine config file: 
/WEB-INF/server-config.wsdd
- Unable to find required classes (javax.activation.DataHandler and 
javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart). ...

However, the activation.jar is included in the CLASSPATH (via Windows 
Control Panel) correctly and a test application successfully uses the 
javax.activation.DataHandler class from this archive.

I wouldn't care for this but the main reason for using tomcat (at the 
moment) is the axis-j toolset. While validating the axis installation with 
the "happy axis" page I get the same error:
    Error: could not find class javax.activation.DataHandler from file 
activation.jar
    Axis will not work.

My attempts to start axis without a running tomcat for testing failed. So 
solving the problem seems to require to solve the problem with tomcat?

Thanks
             D. Exner






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