Why don't you just use a mapping in your web.xml file? -----Original Message----- From: Bret Farris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:23 AM Subject: Re: Auto load a servlet
>Actually, I want a client to be able to type into their browser >http://ipaddress instead of http://ipaddress/webstation/servlet/WebStation >and allow the servlet to automatically load. I would rather avoid using a >redirect in an index.html file to accomlish this. I have tried several >mapping scenarios, and nothing seems to work. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Micael Padraig Og mac Grene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:05 >Subject: Re: Auto load a servlet > > >> I missed the early part of this exchange. Are you merely trying to direct >> different clients to different files? >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bret Farris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Friday, November 30, 2001 8:44 AM >> Subject: Re: Auto load a servlet >> >> >> >Thanks for the response. However, this is what I'm doing now. >> >Unfortunately, using "localhost" in the redirected url does not work when >> >the client browser is on another computer. I can use the host computers >IP >> >address instead, but defeats the purpose of what I'm trying to do, which >> >I'll explain more. >> > >> >We make equipment that monitors clean rooms for companies, as well as the >> >software that can monitor all the equipment at one time. We have created >a >> >servlet that will allow anyone in the company to monitor limited portions >> of >> >the software without having to install the software on lots of machines. >> So >> >we will be including Tomcat 4 with our software. I don't want to have to >> >create a customized index.html file for each customer. So I'm searching >> for >> >a different solution. >> > >> >I'm researching using javascript to automatically find the IP address of >> the >> >hostcomputer and redirect to the IP+"webstation/servlet/WebStation". But >> >have come up empty on that front so far. >> > >> >Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >> > >> >Thanks, >> >Bret >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "James Chuang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 15:04 >> >Subject: Re: Auto load a servlet >> > >> > >> >> Create a real simple index.html, and have it do a onLoad like this... >> >> >> >> <HTML> >> >> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> >> >> function redirect() { >> >> window.location.href = >> >"http://localhost:8080/webstation/servlet/WebStation"; >> >> } >> >> </SCRIPT> >> >> <BODY onLoad="redirect()" > >> >> Redirecting ... >> >> </BODY> >> >> </HTML> >> >> >> >> Then setup your web server to serve up index.html by default. >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Bret Farris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 1:32 PM >> >> Subject: Auto load a servlet >> >> >> >> >> >> I have a servlet that can be loaded by going to >> >> http://localhost:8080/webstation/servlet/WebStation >> >> The servlet, WebStation.class, is in the directory: >> >> webstation\WEB-INF\classes. WebStation.class calls two other servlets, >> >> BtmFrame.class and TopFrame.class, which in turn load and display in a >> >> browser html files from the webstation directory. >> >> >> >> What I want to do is have the user enter http://localhost:8080 into >their >> >> browser, and run the above servlet, as if they entered the link above. >> Is >> >> there a way to do this? I have tried to use mapping with as many >> >different >> >> combinations as I can think of, but nothing has worked. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bret >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >-- >> >To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> > > >-- >To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
