It is common for windows programmers to use backslashes to specify directory names (c: ilepath). However the JSP compiler will throw an exception (or just cause strange results in some cases) if you use back slashes inside an attribute (such as imagepath in the ActivEdit tag). Windows will allow you to specify file names using front slashes (c:/file/path), or you can escape the back slashes with \
This throws an exception because backslashes are used for special characters in java (eg ).