I've got, in my mime.type file, the entry "image/vnd.dwg .dwg". When I access the page with IE, the link works correctly, with the option to either save the file to disk or open it with Autocad. Which works fine.
With Netscape or Mozilla, it just treats it like a text file. I also just found the following information from http://www.dot.co.pima.az.us/gis/webdev/dwg.htm * If you have AutoCAD itself installed, then you can use AutoCAD as an application external to your web browser to open and view the DWG file. When you click on a .DWG with Internet Explorer, it should give you the option of saving the file to disk, or opening it. Assuming you have AutoCAD installed, choose "Open", unless you have a need to save the DWG file to your disk. Choosing "Open" should start AutoCAD and display the map. When you click on a .DWG with Netscape, you may only have the option to save it to disk. Also, if the filename extension of the file to save is not listed as DWG, then change it to DWG. Once saved to disk with the DWG extension, you can start AutoCAD and open it from your hard disk like any other AutoCAD drawing. We're trying to learn how to configure Netscape to open DWG files directly. If you know how, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] So it seems my problem is actually browser based, rather than server based. I've tried adding an entry in Mozilla, under "helper applications" to get it to associate dwg files with Autocad, with no success yet. Also, the filetype .sam, which is an AmiPro document, will open in IE & Mozilla, but not Netscape. Amanda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Amanda Wynne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] mime type, enable .dwg in Apache > Amanda Wynne wrote: > > > I suspect I need to add an entry into httpd.conf about > > > > AddEncoding vnd.dwg dwg > > Hi Amanda, > > Almost right. When you send a page using HTTP as the > transfer protocol that page will have a HTTP header > containing the Content-Type and an optional HTTP > header describing the Encoding. > > The Content-Type is what you want to alter so that clients > can be told that the downloaded content is a AutoCAD file. > > The Encoding is how the content appears on the wire. It > usually appears on the wire as it appeared in the file > on your disk, but it could have optionally be compressed > using gzip. > > To set the Content-Type on the Apache web server you can > either modify /etc/mime.types or alter Apache's configuration. > My experience is that altering the configuration is better. > > My experience is also that adding the new types to /etc/httpd/ > conf/httpd.conf leads to trouble during upgrades and adding > a new configuration file is better. > > So create a file /etc/http/conf/type.conf. > > Add the lines > > # Local mappings of file extensions to HTTP Content-Type > > # AutoCAD > # Ref: http://support.autodesk.com/ knowlegde base ID TS65651 > AddType image/vnd.dxf .dxf > AddDescription "AutoCAD" .dxf > AddType image/vnd.dwg .dwg > AddDescription "AutoCAD map" .dwg > AddType drawing/x-dwf .dwf > AddDescription "AutoCAD drawing web format" .dwf > > At the end of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf add > > # Local content types > Include conf/type.conf > > The AddDescription setting appears in directory listings. It > has no other effect. You can also use AddIcon to add icons > to directory listings, being a CAD person you've probably > got the talent to come up with something suitable. > > Now restart Apache > > service httpd restart > > and check that there are no typing errors in the > configuration file by looking for error messages: > > tail -100 /var/log/httpd/error_log > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
