Websphere and classpath

Hello,
        I'm new to websphere and I'm having considerable trouble getting   
websphere on the AS/400 to recognize classes in the classpath as opposed   
to classes in the servlets directory.  I'm trying to move away from   
having support classes loaded dynamically like servlets.  To do this   
instead of placing the classes in a directory specified in   
servlets.properties, I place them in the classpath specified in   
jvm.properties.  I've read the websphere documentation for the AS/400   
(what there is of it), redbooks, and IBM manuals.  I tried every possible   
variation to try to get websphere to recognize the classes, but it just   
won't see them.  It is very frustrating.  Any help or suggestions that   
anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.  I include the   
following to help describe my situation:
        I'm running WebSphere 1.1 on an AS/400 under V4R3
        If I place the classes in the servlets directory, the classes are found
        I was able to place the AS/400 toolbox file (jt400.jar) in the   
                        classpath and it is found
        I explicitly use CRTJVAPGM to make sure the Java transformer            
        creates   
the necessary program objects
        I've tried placing the individual classes in the classpath and I've   
tried            making them into a jar file.  Neither variation works.
        I use HTTP command to check the servers classpath and it is set   
                        correctly.
I can't understand how webshere can appear to find the toolbox classes   
(jt400.jar) in the server classpath, but it can't find my classes.  I   
can't make sense of it. Anyone have any ideas?  Thanks.

Frank DeSarro                          
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