Re: Using Servlets to server Excel files over web???

Guillermo Labatte wrote:
>
> Hi Ryan,
> Here we've been doing that for a while with no problems at all.
> We just created a servlet that instead of HTML generates CSV text. Of
> course, it sets the content type to "application/vnd.ms-excel" instead of
> "text/html".
> From the user point of view, the effect depends on the browser they are
> using. If they are using Netscape or IE 4.0, Excel starts and loads the
> file when they activate the URL of the servlet. If they are using IE 5.0,
> an Excel spreadsheet appears right in the browser's window.

Normally, if he uses Netscape Navigator, then he can choose between opening the OLE server in-place or just loading the document in MS Excel. He may also select a default behavior.

Nicolas Koulouris                        nicolas.koulouris_at_ift.ulaval.ca

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