RUNJAVA not loading classes

I need 2nd set of eyes to see what I am doing wrong.

I am trying to use RUNJAVA to run my java class, (it works
fine using QSHELL JAVA with exact same classpath)

Running
IBM i 6.1
Java version from java *version is:
java version "1.5.0"

Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build
pap32dev-20111020 (SR13 ))
IBM J9 VM (build 2.3, J2RE 1.5.0 IBM J9 2.3 OS/400 ppc-32
j9vmap3223sr13-20111020 (JIT enabled)
J9VM - 20111017_92807_bHdSMr

JIT - 20110916_20782_r8

GC - 20110524_AA)

JCL - 20111019

Java program completed


I am not setting ENVVAR CLASSPATH I am specifying the
classpath at program execution

The classpath definition:
CLASSPATH(/drv/javaapp/itext.jar:/drv/javaapp:/drv/javaapp/s
fapdfenc.jar:)


When I run RUNJAVA using OPTION(*VERBOSE) (Use *VERBOSE to
see the classes loaded)
I see it loading a bunch of classes then encounters the
error below
It never loads any classes from either jar file I get error
(see below)

Everything is in the the IFS directory /drv/javaapp
WRKLNK '/drv/javaapp'
Results:
Directory...: /drv/javaapp
.
..
itext.jar
sfapdfen.class
sfapdfenc.jar
TESTINPUT.PDF
TESTOUT.PDF
I use winzip to verify there are classes in both jar files

Results of RUNJAVA with OPTION(*VERBOSE):

...
class load: java/security/ProtectionDomain$Key

class load: java/security/Principal

class load: sfapdfen from: file:/DRV/JAVAAPP/

class load: java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader
at java.lang.J9VMInternals.verifyImpl(Native Method)

at
java.lang.J9VMInternals.verify(J9VMInternals.java:69)

at
java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:131)

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader
at
java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:498)

at
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:650)

at
sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:349
)
at
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:616)

... 3 more

class load: java/util/AbstractList$Itr

class load: java/util/IdentityHashMap$KeySet

class load:
java/util/IdentityHashMap$IdentityHashMapIterator

Thanks

John