I believe this is entirely possible but I don't know how to get started. What I want is to have an EJB that will hand off a predetermined piece of data and display same to an HTML form without going through a framework such as STRUTS, Web sphere, etc. Just a quick and dirty. Can someone point me in that direction? Jim James (Jim) Corbett Programmer / Analyst My Business Account(MyBA)|Mon dossier d'entreprise Government On-line | Gouvernement en direct Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada Room: H4-177 875 Heron Road, Ottawa ON K1A 0L5 James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Telephone | Téléphone 613) 941-9355 Facsimile | Télécopieur (613) 941-4932 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada "If you stew apples like cranberries, they taste more like prunes than rhubarb does". Groucho Marx