In my experience not really. In IE Version 6.0.2600... a file with mimetype 'application/vnd.ms-excel' and an extension that is not registered for Excel resulted in openening Word (at least for some users). Renaming the file to .xls solved the problem.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Altankov Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:05 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: How to serve static EXCEL or POWERPOINT files > from Tomcat ? > > > They are fixed in 6.0 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cox, Charlie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 12 Януари 2004 г. 19:14 > > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > > Subject: RE: How to serve static EXCEL or POWERPOINT files > > from Tomcat ? > > > > > > Actually Mozilla and Netscape can open Excel and Powerpoint > > based upon the .xls or .ppt extension if the mime-type is not > > set. However IE only opens them properly if you add the > > mime-type to web.xml. Otherwise you get a browser full of > > garbled text. I find this most amusing. (They may have fixed > > this in IE 6.0). > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
