We had this same problem but our setup was a little different. We were serving all our documents from Apache web server and connecting to Jetspeed on Tomcat through mod_jk on a Linux server.
Our problem was actually that the mime type file entry for Excel did not have any extensions. So it was more of an Apache configuration problem instead of a Jetspeed issue. I.E. in /etc/mime.types the entry for Excel was "application/vnd.ms-excel" and we needed to change it to "application/vnd.ms-excel xls". You do not say what Web Server you are using or if you are just using Tomcat's web server. If you are using Apache, look in your httpd.conf configuration file for the TypesConfig entry. This should tell you where your mime.types file lives and you can check the entry for Excel. We also had problems with the mime configuration of some Netscape 4.7x browsers for Excel but you should not have any of those problems with IE. Don't know if this will help you out or not. It does sound like it is a mime type issue somewhere. Good luck. -- Steve Davis -----Original Message----- From: Funk, Lori K. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 8:48 AM To: Jetspeed Users List Subject: RE: Mime type for xls files Paul, Thanks for the reply. I need to clarify that the only thing displayed in the portlet is the link (<a href> tag) to the excel file so it is only html. The link has a target of 'new', causing a new window to be opened for the display of the excel file. I have been successful displaying MS Word documents this way from the same portlet and wonder why I can't get excel files to display also. Lori -----Original Message----- From: Paul Spencer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 6:47 AM To: Jetspeed Users List Subject: Re: Mime type for xls files Lori, I am assuming you are using either the HTML or WebPagePortlet portlet types to display the Excel file. In that case, both of the portlet types require the content be HTML. In the past I have used the HTML portlet type, although the WebPagePortlet should work, to include an simple html file that will display an SVG image, you may be able to do this with you Excel file. I can not find the source, but I think it used the <OBJECT> or <EMBED> tag to define the link the the SVG content, the plugging, and the height and width of the "image". Paul Spencer Funk, Lori K. wrote: > Hi, > > My environment: > jetspeed 1.3a2-dev > jdk1.3.1 > windows 2000 pro > IE 5.5 > > I am having trouble with an html link displayed in a web page portlet. > The link is to an Excel file (.xls file extension). When I click on the > link the raw text of the xls file is displayed rather than Microsoft > Excel opening the document. I can, however, open the document in a > browser window (choosing the file) and get the correct display. > > I have looked in email archives for apache, tomcat, jetspeed, and > turbine and found only one other email of someone else having the > question but no solution. I have tried adding a mime-mapping > (application/vnd.ms-excel or application/octet-stream) to web.xml, I've > tried adding a mime.types file that is referenced in the > TurbineResources.properties (same mappings as tried in web.xml) but I > still get just the raw text of the file. I am restarting apache each > time I change the configuration. > > It is unclear to me whether this is an issue with apache, catalina, > jetspeed, or turbine especially since I have not found any discussion of > this issue on any of the mailing lists. > > This should be easy but it hasn't been. I appreciate any help you can > provide. > > Thanks > Lori > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
