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This is doing my head in!!!

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  • 04-11-2007 8:49pm
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    MonsieurD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭


    I've written a number of simple applications (hello world type stuff) as jar files (with their associated jad files) for downloading to mobile phones. If I transfer these files to a phone using the memory card with the phone - no problems and the apps work fine.

    However, I need to put these files on a server where people can download them (its part of a college project that I'm doing). I have uploaded them to a number of different sites (e.g. t35.com, wappal.com, etc) BUT everytime I download them, they are saved as .txt files. Renaming them is no good as abc.txt becomes abc.jar.txt. I can't seem to be able to ditch the .txt extension. I have checked every setting I can find on my phone but to no avail. I have tried a number of different phones and the same problem.

    I saw a link in an old thread to a .jar game that the writer said worked. I tried it and it downloaded and it worked ok. So what the hell am I doing wrong!

    I have written my simple apps in Netbeans 5.5.1 with mobility pack and Java 1.6

    Finally if I take the .txt files from the phone on the SD memory card and rename them on my PC - they work fine when I put them back on the phone.


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    Bluefrog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,045 ✭✭✭Bluefrog


    It sounds to me like the mime type of the files is not being communicated correctly to the phone by your web server.

    Google "web server mime types" for more info.


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    MonsieurD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭MonsieurD


    Cheers Bluefrog

    I'll try that. Appreciate the help.


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    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    As bluefrog said it could be the server incorrectly communicating that the MIME type is text/html.

    An alternative possibility is that mobile browser does not recognise, or is not configured to accept the jar MIME type, and is defaulting to text/html. I am not sure how you would go about changing this.

    However if the phone is a faily new model the first scenario is more likely.


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    Bluefrog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,045 ✭✭✭Bluefrog


    Well he's tried a few phones and same issue so I think it's mime type - it's just a mime type kind of week MP


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    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Bluefrog wrote: »
    Well he's tried a few phones and same issue so I think it's mime type - it's just a mime type kind of week MP

    I really must stop half reading posts :)


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    MonsieurD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭MonsieurD


    Bluefrog and Marco Polo

    What can I say but thanks a million. Ye were bang on right! - mime types were the problem. I didn't know anything about them until ye pointed the way. After a bit of research, I sussed the answer. I added a few lines to the web server and my downloads worked.

    Many thanks again


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