Did you throw a faces exception in the getAsObject method with the message you need displayed or another type of Exception? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4096201#4096201 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4096201