Access GUI from Tomcat localhost

[Jeanne Pierre]

I am trying to get a Java program GUI to show up on the web using the local link http://localhost:8080/licenseForm. I keep getting an error

type Status report

message /licenseForm

description The requested resource (/licenseForm) is not available.

The .java file is in
/home/c047647/tomcat

The .class file is in
/home/me/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes

the .java file compiles with no problem, but it just won't show up on the webpage.

[marc weber]

My guess is that the problem is with your deployment descriptor (the web.xml file), but I'm going to move this to the Tomcat forum for expert advice...

[Ben Souther]

Tomcat hosts web applications.
If you want to run Java apps in a browser, you would need to deploy them as applets.

If your Java class is an applet, you'll need to place it in a diretory that can be seen by browsers. The WEB-INF directory and it's subdirectories can not be accessed from a web client. It is for server side java classes only.
[ February 28, 2006: Message edited by: Ben Souther ]

[Jeanne Pierre]

Oh I didn't know that...Thank you so much Ben.