Ouch, I don't know then. You could write your own logging class but I suspect that is not what you want to do. Pranav -----Original Message----- From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Corbett, James Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 7:44 PM To: 'program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [program-java] Re: Java: exception.printStackTrace Pranav: We are not permitted to use software that isn't certified, and log4j falls into that list. We use a package for logging called rccr but it's not for desktops.... Jim -----Original Message----- From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pranav Lal Sent: July 15, 2011 09:55 To: program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-java] Re: Java: exception.printStackTrace Jim, I used to use an apache class called log4j. Pranav