oh! so that was the problem with the build..... ok, that fixed it.. now i can build all of the examples BUT i still have the same problem with all of them.. i get this error in the console (on the server startup): org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: ejb-jar.xml must either obey the right xml schema or define a valid DOCTYPE! thanks a bunch! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3983314#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...