Posted by Switchy on 03/18/06 16:13

The reason that I asked you if you use Mozzila is:

IE can recognize a lot of extensions,
otherwise, with mozzila you have to contact your provider
who can define the extension on server.

That happens to me with MSI (Microsoft Installer) extension.

DO not use Mozzila is just a game for kids.


"jstorta" <john@storta.net> wrote in message
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> I have the following link in a document
>
> <A href="mycdimage.iso">Test Image</A>
>
> When I click on it in a browser it opens it as though it were and HTML
> file and starts putting random characters in the window.
>
> If I right click and select Save Target As, it allows me to save it but
> says the file type is HTML and tacks on an htm extension to it.
>
> I have gone to other sites and can download iso images without any
> problems so I've determined that the problem is on my web server not
> the browser.
>
> The web server uses Apache Tomcat and the document is a java server
> page. This link is just straight HTML code though.
>
>
> Is there something I am supposed to include in the document or anchor
> tag to indicate that this is a binary file that should be saved when
> clicked or does this sound like a tomcat/JSP problem?
>
> Thanks,
>

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