They are fixed in 6.0 > -----Original Message----- > From: Cox, Charlie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 Януари 2004 г. 19:14 > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: How to serve static EXCEL or POWERPOINT files > from Tomcat ? > > > Actually Mozilla and Netscape can open Excel and Powerpoint > based upon the .xls or .ppt extension if the mime-type is not > set. However IE only opens them properly if you add the > mime-type to web.xml. Otherwise you get a browser full of > garbled text. I find this most amusing. (They may have fixed > this in IE 6.0). > > Charlie > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 11:30 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: How to serve static EXCEL or POWERPOINT files > from Tomcat > > ? > > > > Wouldn't you just have a URL link to the actual files in > your HTML? > > The browser should be smart enough to open up the appropriate > > application and display it, since it will recognize its > > extension/mime-type. > > > > bruno > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ext Vitor Buitoni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:07 AM > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: Re: How to serve static EXCEL or POWERPOINT files > from Tomcat > > ? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Probably your browser is misconfigured. I don't think this > is a tomcat > > issue. Check the file type associations in your browser and > make sure > > that xls files are configured to be opened by msexcel. > > Also check the .doc file association, if it is opening properly, it > > should be configured to be opened by msword. > > > > Vitor > > > > Enrique MARTIN wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >I am trying to serve .xls and .ppt files from tomcat so that the > > >browser opens the right application (excel and powerpoint > > >respectively) . What I obtain instead is that the byte content is > > >sent by the web server and > > this > > >content is then interpreted as text by the browser. > > >For the .doc files, on the other hand, I have the desired > behavior: > > >word opens. > > > > > >Does anybody know how to obtain from tomcat this behavior? > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Enrique. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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