opening chm file from jsp page

[vikas sharmaa]

how to make chm file stored in server to be available on client jsp page?

when i tried below jsp code, its successfully opens the chm file on click of the link:

< a h r e f="C:\help\help.chm">Help< / a>

but, when i used below jsp code to access chm file on server, its showing weired texts:

< a h r e f ="help/help.chm">Help< / a>

please tell me the right way of opening chm stored in server. Thank you.

[Michael Angstadt]

It's probably not setting the right content type in the response. Add a mime-mapping to your application's deployment descriptor.

<mime-mapping>
  <extension>chm</extension>
  <mime-type>application/mshelp</mime-type>
</mime-mapping>

I'm not sure what the correct content type is. A quick web search returned some possibilites:

application/mshelp

application/x-msdownload

application/chm

[Bear Bibeault]

Are you installing the chm file on every person's computer that will visit your site? Because that's what your code is assuming by using a file path as the URL.

Am I correct in assuming that this is not really your intention?

[vikas sharmaa]

Thank you Bear and Michael for the quick response.

Michael, i set application/x-chm mime-type in the tomcat server's web.xml file but it does not have any effect. i also tried application/mshelp, application/x-msdownload, and application/chm .. but none works..

Bear, no, i dont want chm file to be exists on everyone's machine. In the link, < a hr e f ="help/help.chm">Help< / a> ; help.chm file is located on the server's help folder.

please help.

[Michael Angstadt]

vikas sharmaa wrote:Michael, i set application/x-chm mime-type in the tomcat server's web.xml file but it does not have any effect.

Did you restart Tomcat after making the change?

[vikas sharmaa]

yes i restart the server as well

[Michael Angstadt]

Try changing the content type to something like "application/pdf" to see if it's picking up the changes you're making to web.xml. If a PDF application opens and tries to open the .chm file, you'll know that Tomcat is picking up the web.xml changes.

Or maybe you're just not using the right content type.