You could also map your servlet to the pattern *.pdf Dennis.
-----Original Message----- From: Liam Morley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: vrijdag 21 juni 2002 9:57 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: AW: set content type to text/pdf I'm sure there's a better way, but in case there's not, there's always mod_rewrite. You could rewrite the url so that /(*).pdf goes to /$1. Liam Morley Alex wrote: >Hello Ralph, > > I can't point my browser to a location that ends with .pdf, > because i have to point it to my servlet, for ex: > document.location.href="/servlet/Tiparire" > Is there any trick to do this ? > > Alex. > > >Friday, June 21, 2002, 10:44:00 AM, you wrote: > >RE> MS IE has sometimes his own opinion what to open and >RE> ignores the content type. > >RE> The safest way to convince IE to open PDF is to set the >RE> content type to load the file from a url that has the >RE> extension .pdf. > >RE> Additional hint: >RE> Make shure that your servlet supports Byte range >RE> requests (HTTP 1.1). The acrobat reader sometimes >RE> uses this. (Have a look at the source for the >RE> servlet that implements the fileserving for tomcat) > > > >>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>>Von: Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>Gesendet: Freitag, 21. Juni 2002 09:37 >>>An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Betreff: set content type to text/pdf >>> >>>What can i do so my browser automatically opens the pdf >>>content generated >>>by the servlet ? >>>Thanks in advance... >>> >>> > >RE> -- >RE> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >RE> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
