Bob Wyatt wrote: > Pid, > > I mean that it appears as though the webapp is looking in its own path for > the pdf, and not the path of pdf files defined for Tomcat...
Yes, see below. > The webapp true path would be: > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/myapp/jsp/app/C666119.pdf... OK, that's a filing system path. > We connect to it by http://myipaddr:8100/myapp > > The app 'myapp' is a third-party application we purchased... > > In this case, we have some myapp applications that pull up a fax log of all > fax transmissions for a user for the past 60 days. We are providing a link > in that 'listing' to click to view the fax that was transmitted, which has > been saved as a pdf file. As we have 150 users, there are hundreds of these > pdf files out there, and I do not want them under $CATALINA_HOME. It would > appear that we cannot control (specify) the path in which it searches for > the pdf files, although Tomcat can when given the proper url > (http://myipaddr:8100/pdf). (If I'm understanding this correctly it's not searching for anything.) The user is clicking the PDF link, and getting a 404, yes? If so, do a 'view source' on the HTML page, and tell me what's in the href attribute of the link. Is it href="C666119.pdf" or is it href="/myapp/some/path/C666119.pdf" or something else? > Can an app supersede the pdf search path, or ignore it entirely? Can this > 'feature' be disabled? There's no feature I'm afraid. The myapp isn't aware of the PDF context you've installed to map the filing system to a URL, so it's ignoring it. Either you must configure the app to write the correct URL for each PDF*, or you must map the PDF context to the place that is generated by the app**. * By altering the HTML to point to the path you defined in pdf.xml. ** By altering context pdf.xml definition to create the correct path. > Regards, > > Bob P.S. Just reply to the list mate, I'm getting 2 copies... > -----Original Message----- > From: Pid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 09:53 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: pdf documents > > np > > I don't understand why you're or your webapp is looking here: > /myapp/jsp/app/C666119.pdf > > when the files are available here: > /pdf/C666119.pdf > > Is the first a filesystem path, or a web URL? > When you say "my webapp does not pull it from here", what do you mean by > that? Sorry if I came to this late, but what does your webapp do and > why is it looking there, and not at /pdf/C666119.pdf? > > Is it just a link that you're clicking or does your webapp download/open > the PDF file? > > > > > > Bob Wyatt wrote: >> Pid, >> >> Thank you very much for this response... >> >> Placing the pdf.xml file in $CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost does > now >> allow http://myipaddr:8100/pdf to display the files in the specified >> directory. >> >> However, my webapp still does not pull it from here; it reports that the >> resource /myapp/jsp/app/C666119.pdf is unavailable. So I am guessing there >> is a file within the webapp that is over-riding, or over-ruling the >> 'default' that is now created? >> >> Can someone provide any advice on where to look next? >> >> Can someone provide some advice on what to do if I want to use more than > one >> pdf directory, where the second directory is not a subdirectory of the >> first? >> >> Regards, >> >> Bob >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 05:04 >> To: Tomcat Users List >> Subject: Re: pdf documents >> >> Don't you need to put the context file pdf.xml in a different place? >> >> > $CATALINA_HOME/conf/<engine-prob-Catalina?>/<hostname-maybe-webapp?>/pdf.xml >> Once it's there you have to call the correct URL, which will be >> <webapp-path>/pdf/<file>.pdf >> >> >> >> >> Bob Wyatt wrote: >>> Mark, >>> >>> I appreciate all of your help and energy on my behalf... >>> >>> But alas, this does not work for me... >>> >>> "The requested resource (/myapp/jsp/app/C666119.pdf) is not available..." >>> >>> I removed the $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/myapp/WEB-INF/pdf.xml, and I > modified >>> $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/pdf.xml to read: >>> # more pdf.xml >>> <Context docBase="/usr/lg/unformq" path="/pdf" > </Context> >>> >>> The test to http://myip:8100/pdf also fails with resource unavailable... >>> >>> The log file does not report any errors; the last entries are from the >>> shutdown and restart of tomcat... >>> >>> 2006-06-20 19:24:58 StandardContext[/servlets-examples]ContextListener: >>> attributeReplaced('org.apache.catalina.WELCOME_FILES', '[Lja >>> va.lang.String;@38a11b3b') >>> 2006-06-20 19:24:58 StandardContext[/servlets-examples]ContextListener: >>> attributeReplaced('org.apache.catalina.WELCOME_FILES', '[Lja >>> va.lang.String;@66cb5b3c') >>> 2006-06-20 19:24:58 StandardContext[/servlets-examples]ContextListener: >>> attributeReplaced('org.apache.catalina.WELCOME_FILES', '[Lja >>> va.lang.String;@1495b3c') >>> 2006-06-20 19:24:58 StandardContext[/servlets-examples]SessionListener: >>> contextDestroyed() >>> 2006-06-20 19:24:58 StandardContext[/servlets-examples]ContextListener: >>> contextDestroyed() >>> 2006-06-20 19:24:58 StandardContext[/jsp-examples]ContextListener: >>> attributeReplaced('org.apache.catalina.WELCOME_FILES', '[Ljava.la >>> ng.String;@195f9b3d') >>> 2006-06-20 19:24:58 StandardContext[/jsp-examples]ContextListener: >>> attributeReplaced('org.apache.catalina.WELCOME_FILES', '[Ljava.la >>> ng.String;@4745b3d') >>> 2006-06-20 19:24:58 StandardContext[/jsp-examples]ContextListener: >>> attributeReplaced('org.apache.catalina.WELCOME_FILES', '[Ljava.la >>> ng.String;@345db3d') >>> 2006-06-20 19:24:58 StandardContext[/jsp-examples]SessionListener: >>> contextDestroyed() >>> 2006-06-20 19:24:58 StandardContext[/jsp-examples]ContextListener: >>> contextDestroyed() >>> 2006-06-20 19:25:39 >>> StandardContext[/balancer]org.apache.webapp.balancer.BalancerFilter: >> init(): >>> ruleChain: [org.apache.webapp.balan >>> cer.RuleChain: [org.apache.webapp.balancer.rules.URLStringMatchRule: >> Target >>> string: News / Redirect URL: http://www.cnn.com], [org.a >>> pache.webapp.balancer.rules.RequestParameterRule: Target param name: >>> paramName / Target param value: paramValue / Redirect URL: http >>> ://www.yahoo.com], > [org.apache.webapp.balancer.rules.AcceptEverythingRule: >>> Redirect URL: http://jakarta.apache.org]] >>> 2006-06-20 19:25:39 StandardContext[/jsp-examples]ContextListener: >>> contextInitialized() >>> 2006-06-20 19:25:39 StandardContext[/jsp-examples]SessionListener: >>> contextInitialized() >>> 2006-06-20 19:25:39 StandardContext[/servlets-examples]ContextListener: >>> contextInitialized() >>> 2006-06-20 19:25:39 StandardContext[/servlets-examples]SessionListener: >>> contextInitialized() >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Mark Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 19:14 >>> To: Tomcat Users List >>> Subject: Re: pdf documents >>> >>> Bob Wyatt wrote: >>>> <Context docBase="/usr/test/pdf" > </Context> >>> Sorry, I should have read you post more carefully. The above works for >>> 5.5.x but for 5.0.x you will need >>> <Context docBase="/usr/test/pdf" path="/pdf" > </Context> >>> >>> On this version directory listings are enabled so http://host:port/pdf >>> should return a directory listing. >>> >>>> So I then copied pdf.xml to $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/appname/WEB-INF, >>> shutdown >>>> and restarted Tomcat, and I receive the same error message. >>> I don't think this would ever work. I'd delete this copy of pdf.xml so >>> it doesn't cause confusion down the road. >>> >>> If, after a restart, this still doesn't work have a look in >>> $CATALINA_HOME/logs and post the relevant sections of the logs. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
