If it is really a static file, you should do as was mentioned, but if you are sending it through a servlet, you will need to set the appropriate Content-Type header, and I can't remember how that is done, but I know that it must be done.
It could be that tomcat isn't setting that header correctly even when it is not sent through a servlet, and that is probably what you are experiencing. I'm just validating your issue here so you know you're not crazy, and that it is a valid issue. I've experienced it before, but I wasn't the developer that had to solve the problem, so I can't help you much more than that.
Daniel Gibby
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Wouldn't you just have a URL link to the actual files in your HTML? The browser should be smart enough to open up the appropriate application and display it, since it will recognize its extension/mime-type.
bruno
-----Original Message----- From: ext Vitor Buitoni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:07 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: How to serve static EXCEL or POWERPOINT files from Tomcat ?
Hi,
Probably your browser is misconfigured. I don't think this is a tomcat issue.
Check the file type associations in your browser and make sure that xls files are configured to be opened by msexcel.
Also check the .doc file association, if it is opening properly, it should be configured to be opened by msword.
Vitor
Enrique MARTIN wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to serve .xls and .ppt files from tomcat so that the browser opens the right application (excel and powerpoint respectively) . What I obtain instead is that the byte content is sent by the web server and this content is then interpreted as text by the browser.
For the .doc files, on the other hand, I have the desired behavior: word opens.
Does anybody know how to obtain from tomcat this behavior?
Thanks, Enrique.
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