Not Able To Open Excel .xls Files Using The Oc4j Container (Doc ID 549117.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 28, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

When executing the application and the request for the excel page is submitted,
the browser ask if user wants to either open or save the file.
But the file name is shown as   " valRpt?fp=082007 "
It is then selected to open, and an error is displayed:

" Microsoft Office Excel cannot access the file : https://host:port/dr/valRpt?fp=082007 "

The expected file name was valReport.xls

The page is produced by the following code:

When the file is placed under ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/htdocs, and the file is accessed through
the browser, the excel page is correctly delivered and uploaded at the workstation. If it is accessed from oc4j container it gives error.

Changes

Cause

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