I solved my problem: The cause is quite simple: I deleted the leading whitespace from my web.xml file.
The lesson I learned: VALIDATE your xml files before using them. Here is an online checker in case you need one: http://www.stg.brown.edu/service/xmlvalid/ May the rest of the community never encounter a problem like this again. Bye Christian On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 17:21:27 +1000, Aziz Yacoub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually I have the same problem. I can deploy expanded web apps no > probs, but I've never been able to deploy a WAR... browser always wants > to download it. > > Is there a TC setting that tells it to deploy WARs? > > >>> "Shapira, Yoav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/10/2004 2:32:20 am >>> > > > > Hi, > Oh, it's very definitely a special case ;) If the examples didn't work > > for 99.9% of Tomcat users, we'd have heard about it loudly and clearly > > by now. That's based on actual experience, not just hypothesis ;) > > Yoav Shapira > Millennium Research Informatics > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Christian Ruediger [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 12:27 PM > >To: Tomcat Users List > >Subject: Re: servlet deployed, but Tomcat provides .war file for > download > >only > > > >Thank you so far, > > > >in case i find that the examples dont work on my system, > >whom could I anounce the prevent others from serching to long: > >Perhaps with a little comment in the Readme. > > > >Or should I see it as it is: a special case. > > > >Bye > >Christian > > > > > >On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 12:19:54 -0400, Shapira, Yoav < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> >Actually i used the launcher, 'cause the .bat script has some > errors > >> >while calling javac (I haven't tried to fix this yet). > >> > >> Address those before going further. You should be able to launch > Tomcat > >> using startup.bat on Windows out of the box. If not, something > serious > >> is wrong. > >> > >> >There is, as follows an XML parser error in the stdout.log file > >> > > >> >instruction target matching "[xX][mM][lL]" is not allowed. > >> >org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The processing instruction target > >> > >> You have one messed-up configuration ;) I'm assuming that the > examples > >> and other default web applications that ship with Tomcat are not > >> working? It's not just your webapp or just your servlet. > >> > >> Yoav > >> > >> This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business > >communication, and may contain information that is confidential, > >proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the > >individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, > >printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) > intended > >recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer > system > >and notify the sender. Thank you. > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business > communication, and may contain information that is confidential, > proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the > individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, > printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) > intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your > computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
