Ah, I have done battle with this one many times. I grow weary of the fight.
First let me say that this problem can stem from a variety of causes given the many combinations of browser make, browser version, and web server make and version. In the past I have found that I.E. ignores the content-type header (bad browser! bad browser!). But, by all means, do as Tim says and set the proper header (probably text/csv). If that doesn't do it, try adding a couple fake parameters to the URL (because I.E. is looking there to decide what client app to launch). For example, if you have a servlet creating the CSV your URL might look like http://localhost:8080/myservlet?a=b change this to http://localhost:8080/myservlet/foo.csv?a=b&saveas=/foo.csv This is usually enough to convince the browser to do the right thing. John -----Original Message----- From: Tim Funk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:10 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Excel sheets Tomcat is not sending the right header back( Content-type probably). Telnet into port 80, simulate a web request and see what the server repsonse header is and adjust tomcat accordingly. -Tim David Epstein wrote: > I have a website that serves up files, which are often .csv files. When > I run the site using IIS (ick), a user with Excel on their machine will > see the .csv files automatically open in Excel. But when I use the > Tomcat server, I can't get it to do the same. Is there an easy way to > enable this functionality? > > Any help appreciated. > > David Epstein > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
