Yes, exactly. Office must do something special for the MIME-type associations, I was hoping LibreOffice did something similar.
Cheers, Ian On 2011-06-28, at 8:20 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > Still clarifying my understanding: > > The files are being uploaded to a server via browser uploading? > > Hmm. Somewhere back around Windows 98 I remember MIME-type associations in > the File Associations dialog, but I haven't seen them in any recent systems. > > So the question is, how can one control the MIME type of a file that is > uploaded. > > I rummaged around on the Internet and I couldn't find much. This may be > helpful: > > <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms775148(v=vs.85).aspx> > > There's more here specifically on how IE determines the MIME type for an > upload: > < http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms775147(v=VS.85).aspx> > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Long [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 16:44 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and Microsoft Office files - > MIME type problem > > Yes, that's correct, the files are being uploaded as .doc, .xls, etc but > Microsoft Office isn't installed on the machines that are uploading the > files, just LibreOffice. > > Internet Explorer can't figure out the MIME type to send to the server when > submitting the form, so it just sends application/octet-stream. > > If Office is installed on a machine that uploads the same files, IE does send > the correct MIME type. > > I guess there isn't an option in LibreOffice to associate the .doc, .xls MIME > types as MS Office does? > > Cheers, > Ian > > On 2011-06-28, at 7:37 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > >> Oh wait, these are being uploaded as .doc, .xls, and .ppt but those apps >> aren't on the machine where the downloading is happening. Is that the case? >> >> Hmm. Sounds like what's missing is some sort of browser helper. And >> LibreOffice is registered as the application that opens .doc, .xls, and .ppt >> files? >> >> Still, it would be useful to see if this improves if the MIME types for >> those Microsoft formats were delivered by the server. It may be that >> Microsoft Office compensates for this problem when it is installed. We'll >> know that if getting the server to use the correct MIME types doesn't help. >> >> - Dennis >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 16:33 >> To: '[email protected]' >> Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and Microsoft Office files - >> MIME type problem >> >> This is a common problem with web servers. >> >> Browsers don't set the MIME type, they receive it in the response from the >> Web Server, along with the resource itself. It is likely that the Web >> server is not set up to recognize that various file-name extensions >> correspond to specific MIME types and so a default is being used. >> application/octet-stream is the safest default. >> >> There's a secondary problem with regard to being able to *open* LibreOffice >> documents that are downloaded by a browser. That has to do with associating >> the MIME type with an application on the receiving computer. But first, you >> need the correct MIME type from the server. >> >> The only way around, depending on how the file is downloaded, is to store it >> without opening it and then renaming it so it can be opened properly. Not >> something your average user will deal with (especially if they don't have >> file exensions being show in Windows Explorer). >> >> Most web servers have a way to be told what MIME type to attribute to >> particular filename extensions. Someone needs to arrange with an >> administrator of the web site to set that up. >> >> - Dennis >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: planas [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 15:11 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and Microsoft Office files - >> MIME type problem >> >> 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 >> >> >> -- >> 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 > > > -- > 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 > > > -- > 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 -- 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
