I added the following and it seems to be working fine.
<mime-mapping>
<extension>xls</extension>
<mime-type>application/vnd.ms-excel</mime-type>
</mime-mapping>
Thanks a lot, Tom!
-----Original Message-----
From: Aggarwal, Gautam (IE03)
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:18 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: RE: Tomcat version
Please tell me how to set the mime type.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 6:56 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: RE: Tomcat version
At a guess the excel mime type is not set in Tomcat 4.0.3 conf/web.xml
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aggarwal, Gautam (IE03) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 18 November 2003 13:36
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Tomcat version
>
>
> I have a link on a page in my JSP application that is supposed to open an
> Excel file. The link is <a href="taxCalc.xls" target="_blank">Tax
> Calculator</a>.
>
> If the application runs on Tomcat 4.1.24, it works fine. A new browser
> window opens, the excel file gets downloaded and opens up in the browser.
> But, if I run the application on another instance of Tomcat which
> is 4.0.3,
> the excel file does not open, instead it shows a lot of junk characters in
> the browser.
>
> What could be the reason for this?
>
> Thanks,
> Gautam
>
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