Why don't you call startDemo() straight from the JSF menu? Is there any particular reason for not doing that? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4122009#4122009 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4122009