Member Avatar for senthil12345

hi all,
i have a problem when i click the link in jsp page. whenever i am clicking the jsp page link it wants to open a pdf file, the pdf file is located in remote system. its working properly in Internet Explorer. but i am opning this in FireFox means its not opening. In firefox url that is not showing the exact path. optionally its showing like that:

http://172.16.2.21:9090/FMS/source/
journal/%5C%5C172.16.2.1%5C
copyediting%5CELS%5C
Manuscript_Screening%5CMS%5C
RDTEST%5C02-Process%5C
RDTEST-D-08-02051.fdf

and my jsp code whichever working fine in Internet Explorer is :

<%

String newpath="\\\\172.16.2.1\\copyediting
\\ELS
\\Manuscript_Screening\\MS\\RDTEST\\
02-Process\\RDTEST-D-08-02051.fdf";

%>

<a href="<%=newpath%>" target="dynamic"></a>

can any one solve my problem. as soon as possible. thanks in advance.

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Member Avatar for masijade

Set the Content-type and content-disposition headers and send the bytes through exactly as you read them.

Edit: nevermind that. Set your file/program associations in FireFox.

Member Avatar for senthil12345

hi all,

i got the solution for this question. thanks for ur replies.

Member Avatar for peter_budo

Would be nice if you can post your solution as it may help somebody in the future.
Also please mark this post as solved.

Member Avatar for saikatparbat

how to open pdf files in jsp page?

Member Avatar for saikatparbat

how to link pdf file with a picture?

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