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

Last updated on OCTOBER 27, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Containers for J2EE - Version 10.1.2.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

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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