Laura delli Paoli [https://community.jboss.org/people/lauradp] created the discussion "Creating initial Context in JBoss AS 7.1.1" To view the discussion, visit: https://community.jboss.org/message/738464#738464 -------------------------------------------------------------- Hello Everybody, I'm new to JBoss and I'm trying to run a simple helloWorld JMS application. when I run:             env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "org.jboss.naming.remote.client.InitialContextFactory");             env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, System.getProperty(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "remote://localhost:4447"));             env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, System.getProperty("username", DEFAULT_USERNAME));             env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, System.getProperty("password", DEFAULT_PASSWORD));             context = new InitialContext(env); I get the following error: GRAVE: Cannot instantiate class: org.jboss.naming.remote.client.InitialContextFactory Can anyone help me? thanks Laura -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/message/738464#738464] Start a new discussion in JNDI and Naming at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]