Hi David,
most of these files are PDF, XLS and not only TXT
format.
You are meaning that with a JSP definitvly one can
reads only TXT files?
i understood with help of
--- David Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> Henry doesn't say if these are text files or binary
> files.
>
> If these are binary files like PDF, PPT and XLS
> files then a servlet
> will be needed - not a jsp.
>
> We use variations like the following in both Tomcat
> 4.1.31 and Tomcat
> 5.5.26
>
> public class OpenFileServlet extends HttpServlet{
>
> public void doGet (HttpServletRequest request,
>
> HttpServletResponse response) throws
> ServletException, IOException {
>
> // You probably want to look up the url -
> which is really a
> path.
> String url = request.getParameter("url");
> if(url == null) return;
>
> // You'll know your mime types for your
> content.
> String ext = request.getParameter("ext");
> String content_type;
>
> if (".ppt".equals(ext)) {content_type =
> "application/vnd.ms-
> powerpoint"; }
> else if (".xls".equals(ext)) {content_type
> = "application/
> vnd.ms-excel"; }
> else {content_type = "application/pdf";}
>
> // we don't like to inline Office
> documents.
> boolean is_inline =
> "application/pdf".equals(content_type);
>
> File f = new File(url);
>
> if ( f.exists() && f.length() > 0) {
> response.setContentType( content_type);
> // The following works way better in
> Windows IE than ext=
>
> response.setHeader("Content-disposition",
> (is_inline?"inline":"attachment")+";filename=" +
> f.getName());
> int lng = (int)f.length();
> response.setContentLength( lng );
> FileInputStream fis = new
> FileInputStream(f);
> byte[] chunk = new byte[16184];
> int count;
> while ((count = fis.read(chunk)) >=0 )
> {
>
> response.getOutputStream().write(chunk,0,count);
> }
> fis.close();
> } else {
> log("File not found: " + url);
> }
> }
> }
>
>
>
> FYI - this approach really became necessary about
> when 4.1.29 came out
> - at that time Tomcat got pretty strict with
> non-Text being served via
> JSP. All of our PDF and PPT content broke in Windows
> IE. And we had to
> back out a whole release.
>
> Regards,
> Dave
>
> On Apr 29, 2008, at 1:39 PM, David Smith wrote:
>
> > So... the "remote file" is available to the local
> system on a
> > network drive. That's a fun one. There are a
> couple of different
> > ways to do this.
> >
> > 1. Using Windows fileshares
> >
> > Let me preface this by saying *I've* never done
> this. The few times
> > I've had a tomcat server on a Windows machine, it
> only ever accessed
> > local files. There are people on the list with way
> more experience
> > than I have.
> >
> > As I understand it, as long as tomcat is running
> under a user
> > account that has privileges to read the remote
> file, you could use a
> > UNC path with java standard file access classes
> and methods to read
> > the file. The mapped drive letter wouldn't work
> unless tomcat was
> > only running while you are logged in. In a jsp,
> this could be done
> > with a scriptlet:
> >
> > <!-- import your classes at the top of the jsp....
> -->
> > <jsp:scriptlet>
> > try {
> > FileInputStream remoteFileReader = new
> FileInputStream( "\\\
> > \remoteServer\\archive\\files\\myFile.txt" ) ;
> > // do something with the file
> > } catch ( Exception e ) {
> > // do something if the access fails
> > } finally {
> > try {
> > remoteFileReader.close() ;
> > } catch ( Exception e ) {}
> > }
> > </jsp:scriptlet>
> >
> > It should be mentioned the system account most
> services run under by
> > default does not have any privilege to access
> remote files via UNC
> > path, so you'll have to customize your tomcat
> installation a
> > little. ... Or always be logged into the system
> and have it running
> > as you which isn't the most ideal method.
> >
> > 2. Using a webserver on the remote system
> >
> > This I have done and it's more platform
> independent. Your jsp can
> > request it from the remote server using standard
> taglibs:
> >
> > (note standard.jar and jstl.jar must be in your
> webapp's WEB-INF/lib
> > directory)
> >
> > <!-- import the core taglib from jstl at the top
> of the file. Docs
> > for the jstl taglib can help with this -->
> >
> > <c:import
>
url="http://remoteSystem.dns.com/http/path/to/file.txt";
>
> > var="fileContents" />
> > <!--.... Do something with the file contents,
> it'll be available in
> > the fileContents page context attribute.... -->
> >
> >
> > --David
> >
> > henry human wrote:
> >> Thanks David,
> >> I try to clarify my situation.
> >> I have a JSP running in local computer in tomcat.
> This
> >> JSP should read from a remote machine. The files
> are
> >> under d:\archive\files. These directory which
> provide
> >> a repository functionality could not be transfer
> >> somewhere else. The files must be saved there.
> 1) Scennario one:
> >> The remote machine does not hava e
> >> webserver
> >> 2) Scenario two: a tomcat is running on remote
> >> computer
> >> My questions:
> >> 1) Do I need the webserver at all to access
> remotely
> >> the files?
> >> 2) Is it poosile to access the data on
> d:\archive
> >> without to put them in a webserver directory or
> not?
> >> If no, do I need configuration for the webserver
> (f.i.
> >> tomcat)to allow access to the files from outside?
> >>
> >> --- David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Here's the picture you painted in the original
> email
> >>> and I based my answer on:
> >>>
>
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