Thanks for the immediate reply Andre!! I just installed HTTPFox and ran the test again. You were right. Content-Type on the working server is application/pdf Content-Type on the non-working server is text/html
May I know why this is happening? On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:59 AM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > b k wrote: > >> Hi all, >> The web application which I am currently supporting incorporates reports >> generating functionality using Java Reporting Component which worked fine >> on >> WebSphere App server and also Apache 2.2 before turning on the mod >> security >> configuration. The app used to generate reports in a PDF format on both IE >> and Firefox browsers pretty well. Now that the mod security config is >> turned >> on, reports could not be generated properly on any browser. I have these >> issues: >> On IE: I get the File Download dialog with the warning "The file you are >> downloading cannot be opened by the default program. It is either >> corrupted >> or has an incorrect file type." Instead, the report should open Adobe >> Report >> automatically. >> >> On Firefox: All weird characters show up on the browser - looks like >> encoding issue. >> >> When I tested the above issue directly on the App server, there is no >> problem which led me to suspect that Apache 2.2 configuration is the CAUSE >> for this ISSUE. >> >> Please help ASAP!!! >> >> ASAP is never a good word to use on a forum where contributors donate > their time to help. Specially not in UPPERCASE. > > Maybe you should start by getting the following add-ons to your browsers, > and then carefully examine the HTTP headers which they are receiving along > with the problematic documents : > For IE : Fiddler2 > For Firefox : HTTPFox of LiveHttpHeaders > > If possible, compare these received headers with the ones you were > receiving before. > That will really allow someone here to help you efficiently. > > The headers to focus on are probably > > Content-type > Content-disposition > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > >
