Problem using misc jar-Files in Composite Application

Question

Hi there,
I want to use different jar-Files in my Composite Application on SAP Netweaver 7.3.
I have created an external Lib DC where I have inserted the libs. After that I created an enterprise EAR and added the dependency to the PP of the external lib DC.
After that I added the a dependency to my CAF-EAR. But I cannot access the mehtods and functions from my jar files.
What's wrong there?
Another question: Is it possible to add the jar-files directly to my CAF-EAR without creating the external library DC and adding a dependency?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi, I've downloaded Jacob and got it running on my installation by doing the following:
1. Download http://danadler.com/jacob/jacobBin_17.zip.
2. Extract to Jdeveloper10g/jdev/lib/ext/Jacob
3. Copy jacob.dll to c:/windows/system32
4. Add JDeveloper10g/jdev/lib/ext/Jacob/jacob.jar to JDev user libraries, calling it 'Jacob'
5. Add the 'Jacob' library to the project.
6. Create a word document at c:/java/jacob/file_in.doc
7. Create a new class with the following code:
package view;
import com.jacob.*;
import com.jacob.activeX.ActiveXComponent;
import com.jacob.com.Dispatch;
import com.jacob.com.Variant;
public class TestJacob
public TestJacob()
* @param args
public static void main(String[] args)
TestJacob testJacob = new TestJacob();
testJacob.runTest();
public void runTest()
boolean tVisible = true;
String sDir = "c:\\java\\jacob\\";
String sInputDoc = sDir + "file_in.doc";
ActiveXComponent oWord = new ActiveXComponent("Word.Application");
oWord.setProperty("Visible",new Variant(tVisible));
Object oDocuments = oWord.getProperty("Documents").toDispatch();
Object oDocument = Dispatch.call(oDocuments, "Open", sInputDoc).toDispatch();
}