hyperlinking files in a servlet

[ramu av]

hello

i'm not able to hyperlink the files with extensions other than .txt or .doc
or .html

if extension is .xls or .zip the file is displaying the files in binary format

the code is
out.println("<a href='/titans/something.xls>something</a>");

it works fine if i give the absolute path.

do i need to chand the content type??

somebody help me please.

[Balaji Loganathan]

Have you tried setting MIME mappings in web.xml file ?
Example
Extension: pdf
MIME Type: application/pdf

is it only occuring in servlet or in static html files as well ?

[ramu av]

thanks balaji,

but the problem comes only in the servlets and not in the static pages.

[ramu av]

thanks a lot balaji,

i tried what you had mentioned and my problem is solved.

thanks again.