I was having the same problem with IE until I finally found a microsoft
document on the subject. It suggested setting the Content-disposition
header, which does force IE to treat files like you'd expect.
*shrugs*
eg:
response.setHeader("Content-disposition", "filename=foo.csv");
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 18:31, John Leveille wrote:
> Ah, I have done battle with this one many times. I grow weary of the fight.
>
> First let me say that this problem can stem from a variety of causes given the many
> combinations of browser make, browser version, and web server make and version. In
> the past I have found that I.E. ignores the content-type header (bad browser! bad
> browser!). But, by all means, do as Tim says and set the proper header (probably
> text/csv).
>
> If that doesn't do it, try adding a couple fake parameters to the URL (because I.E.
> is looking there to decide what client app to launch). For example, if you have a
> servlet creating the CSV your URL might look like
>
> http://localhost:8080/myservlet?a=b
>
> change this to
>
> http://localhost:8080/myservlet/foo.csv?a=b&saveas=/foo.csv
>
> This is usually enough to convince the browser to do the right thing.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Funk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:10 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: Re: Excel sheets
>
>
> Tomcat is not sending the right header back( Content-type probably).
> Telnet into port 80, simulate a web request and see what the server
> repsonse header is and adjust tomcat accordingly.
>
> -Tim
>
> David Epstein wrote:
> > I have a website that serves up files, which are often .csv files. When
> > I run the site using IIS (ick), a user with Excel on their machine will
> > see the .csv files automatically open in Excel. But when I use the
> > Tomcat server, I can't get it to do the same. Is there an easy way to
> > enable this functionality?
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > David Epstein
> >
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