MIME-type issue???

I have installed WLS 6.1 and have placed my index.html file in the
applications/DefaultWebApp_myserver. Everything works fine. For
organizational purposes, I want to place all of my documentation in
DefaultWebApp_myserver/doc. When I display a MS Word document (IE 6),
within the /doc subfolder, the document displays as ascii text. However, if
I place the document in the DefaultWebApp_myserver folder, it displays
correctly as a Word document.
Additionally, Excel (xls) documents display as ascii/text regardless of
their location.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Jed Zimmer

Kumar,
I've tried all combinations of the following with no luck:
Extensions:
<extension>.doc</extension>
<extension>doc</extension>
<extension>DOC</extension>
MIME-types:
<mime-type>application/winword</mime-type>
<mime-type>application/msword</mime-type>
<mime-type>application/ms-word</mime-type>
I restarted the web server after clicking the "persist" button from the web
descriptor page. My directory structure is as follows:
Root location: .../mydomain/applications/DefaultWebApp_myserver
Doc location: .../mydomain/applications/DefaultWebApp_myserver/doc
Location of web.xml:
.../mydomain/applications/DefaultWebApp_myserver/WEB-INF
Once again, viewing a Word document, located in the root location, works
fine. Viewing a Word document in the /doc subdirectory displays as ascii
text.
Thanks again for your help.
Jed Zimmer
"Kumar Allamraju" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
you should define the following mime-type in your web.xml
<mime-mapping>
<extension>doc</extension>
<mime-type>application/ms-word</mime-type>
</mime-mapping>
Kumar
Jed Zimmer wrote:
I have installed WLS 6.1 and have placed my index.html file in the
applications/DefaultWebApp_myserver. Everything works fine. For
organizational purposes, I want to place all of my documentation in
DefaultWebApp_myserver/doc. When I display a MS Word document (IE 6),
within the /doc subfolder, the document displays as ascii text.
However, if
I place the document in the DefaultWebApp_myserver folder, it displays
correctly as a Word document.
Additionally, Excel (xls) documents display as ascii/text regardless of
their location.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Jed Zimmer

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