Did you set the mime-type set in the web.xml?
<mime-mapping> <extension>xls</extension> <mime-type>application/vnd.ms-excel</mime-type> </mime-mapping> RS jakarta-tom on 07/16/2002 09:10:03 AM Please respond to "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: download file Subject: download file From: "J. Jason Zhou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> === I have both Tomcat and IIS running on two machines. But when I download a file (abc.xls) from Tomcat, the browser loads the binary content without prompting uisng the save/open dialog while IIS did prompt before the download. http://machine/myapp/abc.xls Can anybody tell me why? -- Best Regards, J. Jason Zhou Business Intelligence Platform Division (BIP), R & D, SAS Institute, 100 SAS Campus Dr. Cary, North Carolina 27513-8617 Voice: 919-531-0568(O) Email: [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]>