On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 3:06 PM, b k <bk4...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks!! Actually, it's a java based app on the WebSphere app server that > sends the response to Apache web server which in turn sends the response to > the browser. I tested the reports directly on the App server which are > working fine. I suspect something is wrong in the apache config. I also > checked mime.types file which includes pdf entry. > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Brian Mearns <mearn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Marcin 'Rambo' Roguski >> <ra...@id.uw.edu.pl> wrote: >> > On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:20:27 -0500 >> > b k <bk4...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi all, >> >> PDF reports are not being generated on any browser. [...]Any help would >> >> be greatly >> >> appreciated!!!! >> > >> > Send Content-Type: application/pdf or application/octet-stream from your >> > PDF generator >> > text/html is just plain wrong. >> > >> > -- >> > Maslow's Maxim: >> > If the only tool you have is a hammer, you treat everything like >> > a nail. >> > >> >> Well what's generating the PDF's? If they're coming from a file, you >> need to configure Apache to correctly detect the mime type (as with >> mod_mime: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_mime.html). Or if >> they're all accessed through a particular root URL (like >> /reports/pdf/), you can use the <Location> tag and ForceType: >> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#forcetype. >> >> If it's being generated by a server side script, you can try the above >> <Location> method, or better, just get your script to generate the >> correct Content-Type header. If you're using PHP, the default mime >> type if you don't say otherwise is usually text/html, as you found, >> but you can use the header() function to send the CT header like: >> header("Content-Type: application/pdf"). >> >> -Brian >> >> -- >> Feel free to contact me using PGP Encryption: >> Key Id: 0x3AA70848 >> Available from: http://keys.gnupg.net
It sounds like you're saying you get the correct content-type header if you communicate directly with the app server, and that Apache is blowing it away? That's quite odd, but you might still try the <Location> tag or similar to match the URL's the reports are accessed by, and then use ForceType. I'm not sure if Apache will replace an existing Content-Type header in this case, but it's worth a try. -Brian -- Feel free to contact me using PGP Encryption: Key Id: 0x3AA70848 Available from: http://keys.gnupg.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
