I added to web.xml ( on both, server level and application level) the
following clause
<mime-mapping>
<extension>xls</extension>
<mime-type>application/vnd.ms-excel</mime-type>
</mime-mapping>
and then restarted the server, but still got the same result
Am I using the right set up?
thanks
On 10/15/07, Len Popp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 10/15/07, David Delbecq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > alla winter a écrit :
> > > I would appreciate if you would give me a hint, what should I do to
> make
> > > browser to display excell spread sheet when href to .xls file is
> selected?
> > > It displays the raw file insted.
> > >
> > > <a href="/cobra_source/beneficiary_template.xls"
> > > target="_blank">Excel template </a>
> > >
> > > P.S. I am using Tomcat 5.0.28 and jdk 1.5.0._12
> > >
> > > thanks for your help
> > >
> > >
> > in the web.xml of your webapplication, you should properly define the
> > contentype for .xls files.
>
> Specifically,
> <mime-mapping>
> <extension>xls</extension>
> <mime-type>application/vnd.ms-excel</mime-type>
> </mime-mapping>
> In later versions of Tomcat, the default configuration has this mapping.
> --
> Len
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