Thanks for answering... That is the thing, I am using the same client in both situations.
I am using IE5.0 in both situations. The only difference is going from TC3.2 on windows to TC4.0 on HP Unix. I would think that the IE would be making the decision on how to handle the file by the extension name but it is not. Is MIME type something you can configure on Tomcat? -----Original Message----- From: Dmitri Colebatch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 10:11 PM To: Tomcat-User Subject: Re: File Download - CSV question **** Are you using the same client between the two servers? IE seems to consider itself more important than mimetypes, and if it sees a file extension it recognises it treats it as it deems fit, regardless of the mimetype. So one possibility is that you have just installed excel or something on the client, and IE is redirecting the download there. another option is that the mimetype being sent in tomcat 4.0 is different to 3.x, but I'm not sure about this, so will let someone else answer this option. if you outline exactly what client/server you were using before, and now, it will make the question more specific. for intsance, tc3.2 on windows with a win98 client with IE4.0 and now using tc4.0 on linux with a win2k client with IE5.0. cheers dim On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Evan Swanson wrote: > > I wrote an application that for Tomcat 3.2 running on window. In the HTML > the is a reference ( <A HREF="/filname.csv"> ) to the filename. > When I run this on windows I get a popup "save as" selection box. > When I run this on Tomcat4.0 on Unix it no longer gives me the selection box > but instead displays the data on the screen. > > Is this a difference between TC32 adn TC40 or Unix / Windows. > Is this configurable. > > > Thanks in advance. > >