Cannot open ppt files with Apache/1.3.20

[Rahul Agarwal <ra...@fit.edu>]

Hi,

I am facing a problem which I think is wierd. I have a powerpoint file under
my web directory. When I type the url for it as
www.mysite.com/~myusername/temp.ppt IE 6.0 gives me the option to save or
open the file. Saving the file works fine. However, trying to open it from
its current location gives a "The Page cannot be displayed" error. I
suspected it to be a client side problem. However, I am able to open
powerpoint files from other websites ( just did a google search, found some
ppt files and it opened fine).

Then, I thought it probably is not handling binaries properly. However I can
open doc and pdf files just fine within the browser. I looked up mime.types
under apache configuratoins. There is an entry which says

application/vnd.ms-powerpoint   ppt

I am not sure why specifically it is not handling ppt files. I did some
searches on google but didn't come up with anything.

Any help/pointers will be really appreciated.

Thanks,
Rahul



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Re: Cannot open ppt files with Apache/1.3.20

[Rahul Agarwal <ra...@fit.edu>]

Something else that I noticed.

Putting the temp.ppt file under www.mysite.com works just fine i.e., I can
open it in a browser window.

Why can't the personal webpages display the ppt files properly? Is there a
configuration parameter somewhere that I need to change?

Thanks,
Rahul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rahul Agarwal" <ra...@fit.edu>
To: <us...@httpd.apache.org>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 9:47 PM
Subject: Cannot open ppt files with Apache/1.3.20


> Hi,
>
> I am facing a problem which I think is wierd. I have a powerpoint file
under
> my web directory. When I type the url for it as
> www.mysite.com/~myusername/temp.ppt IE 6.0 gives me the option to save or
> open the file. Saving the file works fine. However, trying to open it from
> its current location gives a "The Page cannot be displayed" error. I
> suspected it to be a client side problem. However, I am able to open
> powerpoint files from other websites ( just did a google search, found
some
> ppt files and it opened fine).
>
> Then, I thought it probably is not handling binaries properly. However I
can
> open doc and pdf files just fine within the browser. I looked up
mime.types
> under apache configuratoins. There is an entry which says
>
> application/vnd.ms-powerpoint   ppt
>
> I am not sure why specifically it is not handling ppt files. I did some
> searches on google but didn't come up with anything.
>
> Any help/pointers will be really appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Rahul
>
>
>
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