> From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net]
> Subject: Re: Excel file in Tomcat Virtual Dir has junk data in it.
>
> I'd bet the problem is newline translation.
It was the MIME type - the version of Tomcat the OP was using had it wrong
(known bug).
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Uddav,
uddav wrote:
> I have put a .xls file in there, and when we open it - it opens in the
> browser itself and what it seems to have is junk data in it. (unreadable).
> However instead of clicking it to open, if we do "Save the target as.." and
> s
Gregor Schneider wrote:
Server version: Apache Tomcat/6.0.18
Server built: Jul 22 2008 02:00:36
Server number: 6.0.18.0
xls
application/vnd.ms-excel
Which by the way, dear OP, is exactly the same as the one I posted for
you yesterday, along with the reason why.
Th
Server version: Apache Tomcat/6.0.18
Server built: Jul 22 2008 02:00:36
Server number: 6.0.18.0
xls
application/vnd.ms-excel
hth
Gregor
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> From: uddav [mailto:adi.upr...@gmail.com]
> Subject: Re: Excel file in Tomcat Virtual Dir has junk data in it.
>
> It is Version 5.0.27.
Which is no longer supported. I do seem to recall that the
settings for .xls were incorrect in that version. If you can't upgrade to a
It is Version 5.0.27.
uddav wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have set up a Virtual Directory (Directory Listing) in Tomcat. We use
> this to distribute documents and reports. The way we do is put the
> documents to be distributed in this directory on the server and all our
> user go to this v
uddav wrote:
[...]
In the "conf" directory of your Tomcat installation is a file called
web.xml.
That file contains a section which tells Tomcat about the correspondence
between file extensions and their "mime type".
Check if it contains a section like this one :
xls
applic
> From: uddav [mailto:adi.upr...@gmail.com]
> Subject: Excel file in Tomcat Virtual Dir has junk data in it.
>
> I have set up a Virtual Directory (Directory Listing)
> in Tomcat.
How?
While you're at it, you might want to tell us what version of Tomcat you're
using, and perhaps the JVM vendor a
