[opencms-dev] Uploading PDF/PPT/XLS

[Vishal Shah]

Michael,

I tried uploading a PPT file as a binary file and I got the following error:

28 Error while launching template class
recieved error: while calling canonical root for requested file
explorer_files_new_upload

Am I missing some files here ? What might be goinbg wrong ?

I appreciate all your help. Thanks.

Vishal Shah


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Emmerich" <emmerich at german-navy.de>
To: <opencms-dev at www.opencms.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Uploading PDF/PPT/XLS


> Vishal,
>
> > How can I upload PDF, PPT, XLS filkes to my project folders ?
> >
> > When I try uploading the document, do I have to select the "binary"
resource
> > type ?
>
> Yes, this is the way you must do it. All resources that cannot displayed
> in the web browser directly (i.e. without a plugin) must be selected as
> binary.
>
> > How do I add more resources to my project ? Through the resource
> > Manager in the administration view ?
>
> What do you mean by that?
> You can add more resources to your project by simply uploading them. In
> resource manager in the admin view you can preselect the OpenCms
> resource type for a file extension. You do not need to add new OpenCms
> resource types to work with the kind of file you mention above.
>
> Michael
>
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