RE: velocity.properties

  First: you can tell velocity to use any properties file by
calling Velocity.init (filename);

> file in the jar package of velocity says: 
> file.resource.loader.path = . What is meant with this? Wehere 

  This means that templates are searched from the current directory
(basicly the directory from which java was invoked). You
should find out where the the current working directory of your
servlet-runner is and then use relative paths to that. If you
know the absoulute path to your webapp, put it in there.

  I did not get all you wrote so I hope my answer comes close :)

Peter