I am confused now web.xml instructs Tomcat what application needs to be called for a given MIME type for example: - <mime-mapping> <extension>rtf</extension> <mime-type>application/vnd.ms-word</mime-type> </mime-mapping>
Tomcat pass the request to the third party application based on the MIME type, so if I show the link to the .RTF file and the user selects the link, the Microsoft Word will display the selected file. The same with PDF files - the the ADOBE reader is invoked My undesraning is that by writing file bytes to the servlet output, I am just creating and HTML file where the file content is a body of the HTML But if I output the bytes of the file to the servlet output, it will look the same way as I would open RTF file in the notepad - with all controll characters inside. Unless I am missing something here... As far as directory listing - yes, I do see the directory listing for all folders that are underneath of my application except WEB-INF and I didn't do any special set up for that - I am using all default XMLs except the web.xmlwhere I am defining my servlets. I appreciate your help. thanks On 9/26/07, Christopher Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Alla, > > alla winter wrote: > > Thanks for the quick response. > > So, I want to make sure that understand it right : you are proposing > that > > the servlet should display the file, instead of allowing Tomcat to > invoke > > Microsoft Word to disply the file content. > > I think you are misunderstanding what is really going on at a > fundamental level. Tomcat will never invoke Microsoft Word for any > reason, unless you have something truly crazy going on in the background. > > What I'm suggesting is that you write your own code to serve the > contents of a static file. It's pretty simple: open the file, write the > appropriate HTTP headers, copy the bytes to the servlet output stream, > close all streams, and you are done. > > > The only issue with that is that > > the file is created in the RTF format and it has control characters that > > governs the formatting. > > This is irrelevant. It doesn't matter if you are serving a text file or > a PDF, you are just serving bytes to the web browser. > > > The second question was about how to set up TOMCAT not to allow the > > directory listing > > Actually, I think you have to specifically enable directory listings. If > you haven't enabled them, then you shouldn't be getting any. Are you > able to get a directory listing? > > - -chris > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFG+op/9CaO5/Lv0PARAjKYAKCiAakzT34vnC6U2Qz6cN2LpNL6hQCdGDGi > gkHO3hS4/W3Y4auUSX2Y/oA= > =Rrq5 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
