I think what you want to to have a stream of data sent from the server
to the client, and have the client open the application with the
data.
The best way to do this is look at the content types that are boing sent when
you have the response object being created, so where most of us have
response.setContentType("text/html");
at the start of a sevlet, you'd want to have
response.setContentType("application/msexcel");
or
response.setContentType("application/xlc");
as the reponse then send the excel file ( file with an xls extension, not comma
separated), as a stream ...
If you are sending a CSV, or similar you'd send it with a different mime type,
I can't find it at the moment, but look through your navigator
Edit > Preferences
then
Navigator > Applications
and you'll see the list of applications, their extensions and applications they are
associated with ...
If you are using Apache, look at the conf/mime.types file for more examples
of mime types ...
At 12:08 PM 31/01/00 +0530, you wrote:
>Hi Friends,
>I would like to know how a servlet can open an application like an excel
>sheet and transfer data to it. Just as the servlet throws html and
>corresponding data onto the browser, I would like to know if an application
>can be opened and data sent to it. I know that an application can be opened
>using exec method, but how can I send data to that application like data
>that is picked from the database.
>Please let me know.
>Thanx
>
>
>Karthisanker K.M.
>
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