Okay, here goes:

I have downloaded the Java 2 thing, the Tomcat, and the DimensioneX. I have installed Java 2, and it works.

Then I tried to install Tomcat, and I followed every step in the Help thing. I put on the port thing 8080, and I also checked the Service thing. I did everything it said to do. But then when I got onto my thing and typed in http://localhost:8080, it said unable to find server.

Is this a normal problem or am I just stupid???

Please help me!
-nathan-

Well in some computers this may not work.

Try this:

http://127.0.0.1:8080/

This should work, otherwise it means that the Tomcat server is not actually running on port 8080.

If the above works:

Let me know, I will tell you how to patch the problem so that it works also with localhost.

If not:

just make sure the tomcat icon is there in the icon tray lower right corner (if not: program files->Monitor Tomcat) and make sure the little green "play" icon is there on it - this means Tomcat is running.

Cris. That didn't work either.

Then I tried the Monitor Tomcat thing in the program files. It said "A device atached to Tomcat is not running."

Help me please!

The problem is exquisitely related to tomcat.
For some reason it can't run.

Some hints:

1) Write down the EXACT message you got and try a search on Google with that exact phrase. Probably other users have had the same problem and solved it (I never got it, though)

2) Perhaps port 8080 was already busy for another program. You could redo the installation and specify another (say: 80 or 8088)

3) Try other versions of Tomcat. DimensioneX has been tested running on Tomcat: 5.5, 5.0, 4.1, 3.3

Now in your message you didn't tell which version it is. I'd try all versions from 5.5 down to 3.3 until you find one working.

I'd be curious to know which version of java you run (open a command prompt and type "java -version") and version of tomcat, this just for our knowledge base.