Ian, On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 10:01 -0400, Ian Long wrote:
> Hi, > > I have looked for a solution to an issue I am seeing, but without any luck - > hopefully someone has seen this before and can provide a workaround. > > A client is using LibreOffice on Windows XP PCs, running IE8. They use LO > to save in the Microsoft formats (.doc, .xls, etc) which is working fine. > > However, when they try to upload one of those files to web servers, the MIME > type of those files is always reported as 'application/octect-stream', rather > than > the real mime type - IE can't figure out the type as it would if Office was > installed. > > This also affects files that weren't created by LO, such as ones that were > sent via email, that were created in Microsoft Office. > > Is there a way to register some type of LO handler with Windows so that the > file types are properly recognized? > > Thanks in advance, > Ian > If the MSO document is uploaded directly to the server without being opened in LO does your client have the same problem? I just want to clarify if it is a problem with LO or possibly somewhere else. Do other browsers report the same problem when used or access the page? Also, what version of LO are they using? -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
