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----- Original Message -----
From: Sean McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2004 10:22 am
Subject: RE: OT: Windows 2003 - unknown file extension
> I had a feeling... I tried the application/x-unknown it still
> didnt prompt
> me. It is now returning a 500 server message though. I called
> webex they
> said the mime type would be application/octet-stream
> but that didnt work either.
>
> Any other mime types i could try?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 11:35 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: OT: Windows 2003 - unknown file extension
>
>
> Oh, and try a mime type of application/x-unknown.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2004 9:26 am
> Subject: Re: OT: Windows 2003 - unknown file extension
>
> > Yup, in IIS6, unknown file extensions are never served.
> >
> > You'll have to set up a mime type for that extension. That'll
> fix it.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sean McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2004 9:23 am
> > Subject: OT: Windows 2003 - unknown file extension
> >
> > > We have some webex files (.wrf) hosted internally on our
> > > webserver. When a
> > > user requests a .wrf file the url is configured as follows:
> > >
> > >
> >
> ">http://aCompany.webex.com/aCompany/playback.php?FileName=http://myIntranet
> .a
> <http://aCompany.webex.com/aCompany/playback.php?FileName=http://myIntranet.
> a> > Company.com/eLearning/Webcasts/Forms.wrf
> > >
> >
> <http://aCompany.webex.com/aCompany/playback.php?FileName=http://myIntranet.
> > aCompany.com/eLearning/Webcasts/Forms.wrf>
> > >
> > >
> > > The first part of the url sends the request to webex to check
> to
> > > see if the
> > > user has the plugin for playback. The second half loads the
> > > internallyhosted file into the users webex player.
> > >
> > > Now heres the kicker.
> > >
> > > On windows 2000 server (IIS 5) everything works fine. On
> > windows
> > > 2003 (iis
> > > 6) I get a connection failed message in the webex player.
> > >
> > > After further investigation I have found that when requesting
> a
> > > file with an
> > > unknow extension on IIS 5 it will prompt the user to 'open or
> > save
> > > to disk'.
> > > Examlple:
> > >
> >
> ">http://myIntranet2000SERVER.aCompany.com/eLearning/Webcasts/Forms.wrf<" target="l">http://myIntranet2000SERVER.aCompany.com/eLearning/Webcasts/Forms.wrf> > <"
>
> > > target="l">"
> >
> target="l">http://myIntranet2000SERVER.aCompany.com/eLearning/Webcasts/Forms
> .wrf>
> > >
> > > On IIS 6.0 when a file is requested with an unknown file type.
>
> > It
> > > returns a
> > > 'page cannot be found'
> > > Examlple:
> > >
> >
> ">http://myIntranet2003SERVER.aCompany.com/eLearning/Webcasts/Forms.wrf<" target="l">http://myIntranet2003SERVER.aCompany.com/eLearning/Webcasts/Forms.wrf> > <"
>
> > > target="l">"
> >
> target="l">http://myIntranet2003SERVER.aCompany.com/eLearning/Webcasts/Forms
> .wrf>
> > >
> > > I believe this is why the webex player ends up with a
> connection
> > > failedmessage.
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how to force a unknown file extension on IIS
> 6
> > to
> > > work as
> > > it did in IIS 5?
> > >
> > > I attempted to create a bogus MIME type in IIS 6 thinking that
> > may
> > > force the
> > > user to be prompted with the 'open or save to disk' but it
> didnt
> > > work.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Any other ideas??
> > >
> > > Thanks for your input.
> > >
> > >
> > > Sean
> > >
> > >
> >
> _____
>
>
>
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