Re: Minor Netscape question

Make sure the server is sending the proper MIME type.  It sounds like it's
sending text/plain right now.

IE will see the .xls and display the file as an excel document.  Netscape
will see text/plain and display it as text.  The reason for the corruption,
is because Netscape sees the text MIME type, and does CR/LF conversions on
the file when it downloads it.

Justin H.
----- Original Message -----
From: <CASchwark(at)aol.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 4:12 PM
Subject: Minor Netscape question


> I'm working on a site for a customer that mis-behaves in NN4.x, as opposed
to
> IE4.0.
>
> The site has a page of links to Word and Excel documents (native .doc and
> .xls) which are client order forms that cannot be pdf.  The customer's
> clients have to modify the docs and re-send to my customer.  In IE a left
> click runs the application and loads the file - a right click and you can
> "Save Target As..."
>
> In Netscape, however, I can't find the "trick" to keep NN from trying to
> display the file contents in the browser window.  If I right click and do
a
> "Save" the file downloads ok, but is corrupted somehow and the app cannot
> open the file.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Chuck Schwark
> Westridge Consulting

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