FireFox, IE, Apache, mimetypes

[tgreer]

If this isn't the correct forum, please redirect me. I'm having some issues with FireFox, and don't really know where the problem lies. I suspect improper mimetypes, but that's just a guess.

Two problems, one with Acrobat FDF files, the other with XML/XSLT.

Two servers: tgreer.com is Apache, tgreer.net is IIS.

Links to the files:

http://www.tgreer.com/tektips/form01.fdf

http://www.tgreer.net/form01.fdf

In IE, these work just fine. The fdf is served, opened with Acrobat, which then retrieves the PDF.

In FireFox, the FDF is displayed as a text file.

The XML/XSLT file:

http://www.tgreer.com/chmnLtr.xml

As always, all help is appreciated. I'm looking for any insights into the issue.

Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

Providing PostScript & PDF
Training, Development & Consulting

 

[remco5897]

Thomas,

Although it has no effect on your problem i'd thought I let you know anyway.

IE6 (with script debugging to ON) I get an error on the line in the xslt:

onLoad="makeColumns() (body onload event)

The error says that the Object could not be found (translated from Dutch.)

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Something else: I downloaded the XML and style sheet to run it locally and i cannot reproduce the problem, leading me to think that it has something to do with your Apache server.

In Firefox, however, I got one long string but in IE it was nicely spaced.


good luck

 

[philote]

I'd post this in the Apache Forum (forum65). It does appear to be a problem with your MIME types, as the fdf file is being given the type 'text/plain'. There is an 'AddType' directive you can use in Apache's config file to fix this, see the documentation for more info.

 

[tgreer]

Thanks everyone. Mimetypes were the main issue, althought the XML/XSLT still doesn't work with FireFox. I'm sure the problem is with my code, however.

Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

Providing PostScript & PDF
Training, Development & Consulting