Problem solved. Just add tools.jar to the classpath
for the service and all is well. (d'oh!)

I didn't expect it, because Tomcat itself wasn't
complaining. - MOD


--- Michael Duffy <duffymo@(protected):
> I'm having a problem with a 3rd party app running
> under Tomcat 4.1.29 on a Windows 2000 server and
> Sun's
>
> JDK 1.4.1.
>
> The 3rd party app has been running just fine for
> months under Tomcat 4.0.6, which they included in
> their install CD with JRE 1.4.1.
>
> I asked them if we could move the app to run under
> Tomcat 4.1.29, so they provided instructions on how
> to
> accomplish this.
>
> I installed Tomcat 4.1.29 as a Windows service using
> an install script that I've been successful with
> many
> times before. Tomcat 4.1.29 runs fine. I can log
> in
> as manager and run all the servlet and JSP examples.
>
> (That's a key point.) I've got JAVA_HOME,
> CATALINA_HOME, and TOMCAT_HOME environment variables
> set properly. These values are identical to the
> ones
> used in the service install script.
>
> Now when I try to invoke the 3rd party app running
> under Tomcat 4.1.29, I get this exception:
>
> "java.lang.RuntimeException: No compiler found in
> your
> classpath. Make sure you added 'tools.jar'"
>
> Cocoon is looking for com.sun.tools.javac.Main and
> not
> finding it. But tools.jar is right there in
> JAVA_HOME/lib, as it should be.
>
> Why am I getting this exception? Why does the 3rd
> party app not see tools.jar? Wouldn't the example
> JSPs fail to compile if tools.jar were not visible?
> Thanks - MOD
>
>
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