mod_rewrite on local system

[Anon]

Hi everybody!

I've read a lot about apache URL rewriting here, but my problem is to use URL rewriting on my local development environment (offline). I use Apache 1.3.22 (Win32) and PHP 4.0.6 on a Windows XP client. I don't want to use the httpd.conf file because I haven't access on it at my provider. So I use the .htaccess file to redirect (nearly) all requests to one script:

+++++++++++++++++++++
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /project/html/
#RewriteRule !.(gif|jpg|png|css)$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/project/html/index.php
+++++++++++++++++++++

I always get a "HTTP 400" error and I guess, it is a path problem?!
Can somebody help?

[Anon]

Addendum: The 3rd line in the .htaccess isn't realy remarked! (it's a copy/past error)