Thank you very much for helping. I was speculating on something like this, but didn't know if it's true. If you have time, please point me to some where easy to find info on how to do this (since you did the same thing before). Again, thank you very much for the help.
On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Cox, Charlie wrote: > why do you need a servlet wrapper for binary files? if you need to do > pre/post-processing, use a filter and let tomcat server the file. This way > you don't have to try to implement the http spec in your servlet. > > You will run into problems when a download manager requests 10 pieces(via > http resume) of your file at once and you will end up serving the whole file > 10 times if you have not handled 'resume' correctly. A filter resolved this > for me. > > Charlie > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vy Ho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 12:46 PM > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: Re: Problem downloading binary files, please help. > > > > > > > > > > > I got a very weird error and here is the situation: > > > > > > The app I used: tomcat 4.06, phoenix web browser 0.3, ie6.0 > > > > > > Here is the problem: > > > > > > When I set up an application in tomcat (with BASIC AUTHEN), > > phoenix could > > > download all binary files (.exe, .pdf, etc...) fine from > > Tomcat server. > > > Then I tested with IE6.0, and I got error (server could not > > find the file > > > or something). However, IE6.0 could download text file ok > > without any > > > problem. Ok, so I came back and delete the file index.html in the > > > application, and I can download the file fine. Isn't this strange? > > > > > > But that's not all yet. I want to serve files using a > > servlet wraper. > > > Basically send back the binary with the right content type. > > > Mozilla/phoenix can download without any problem. But > > IE6.0 complain with > > > the same error before. So, somehow the index.html file and > > the servlet > > > have something in common that make IE not working while it > > works without > > > the index.html and statically. > > > > > > Well, want another strange thing? I could not find anyone > > complain about > > > this, or even ask any question about this in newsgroup or > > apache site. > > > And I can produce consistently using different machine. > > > > > > Anyone have any idea? Is it Apache Tomcat or IE error? Or > > both? Or it's > > > me? > > > > > > I am sure Tomcat can be changed to work, since statically > > served page > > > works. And I am sure IE can be changed to work, since > > Mozilla works all > > > the time. > > > > > > Actually, I found any article in the newsgroup on Google > > with a similar > > > error, but very different situation (IIS server). And the > > problem is in > > > the expiration of a page. If some page has instant > > expiration, then IE6 > > > has problem getting it. It could be the same problem. > > Coudl someone help > > > me out here since IE has 95% of the market share? > > > > > > Thank you very much in advance. > > > > > > Vy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
