I tried this on Tomcat 5.0.28. With Internet Explorer I had to clear the browser cache before it would work. (With Firefox it worked with or without the mime-mapping. Firefox must be finding the program based on the file extension.) -- Len
On 10/15/07, alla winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]
