How to launch the default app for a file from within Ebase

[neilnewman]

I have an Ebase application that uploads attachments of various types (.docx,pdf,xls).

I want to be able to open these attachments with the associated Windows application through Ebase.
Does anyone have a piece of code that achieves this please?

[neilnewman]

Sorry for the above post, I have since discovered having a URL link to the object allows you to open the file using the PC's own file associations

[dvanhussel]

Hi Neil,

This is indeed the way to do this. In my experience, some browsers need the correct mime-type set for Office 2007(or higher) files (docx, xlsx). In order to let Tomcat provide the correct mimetypes you need to add them:


1) Go to the install location of Tomcat – <install>\conf and open the web.xml file.
2) Add the following lines in the web.xml:
- For docx files:
<mime>
<extension>docx</extension>
<mime>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document</mime>
</mime>
- For xlsx files:
<mime>
<extension>xlsx</extension>
<mime>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet</mime>
</mime>
- For pptx files:
<mime>
<extension>pptx</extension>
<mime>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation</mime>
</mime>
3) Restart Tomcat.

Regards,

David

[neilnewman]

Many thanks for the info David