Text file format lost in AIX

[rak]

I am using RAD in Windows Environment I developed application which will throw the .txt file to the user(basically user can download a file from the server).

* This works fine in windows environment.
* But when I move the code to AIX environment then the user download the file but the alignment is messed up.

The code goes like this....
String filePath = System.getProperty("BIOP_FILE_GEN_PATH");
file = new File(filePath);
fis = new FileInputStream( file );
int len = fis.available();
byte byteArray[] = new byte[len];
fis.read(byteArray);
response.setContentType( "application/text" );
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=\"" + input.getID_NAME_FILE() +"\"");
response.setContentLength( len );
response.getOutputStream().write( byteArray, 0, len );
response.getOutputStream().flush();
response.getOutputStream().close();

Anybody have any idea?
Thanks in advance

[Norm]

the alignment is messed up.

Can you explain what the "alignment" of a text file is?
How do you see that it is not aligned?
Are you using tabs? The spacing for a tab is user/app settable.

[rak]

Thanks for your reply.

The original file looks like this...

************************************************** *********************
* NAME * FOR PERIOD: 06/30/11 - 07/06/11 *
* JERSEY * ABC *
************************************************** *********************


Becomes like this when it comes to client ...


************************************************** ********************* * NAME * FOR PERIOD: 06/30/11 - 07/06/11 *
* JERSEY * ABC * ************************************************** ************



This file I got it from one of my vendor and they used tabs for formatting.

[Norm]

Looks like line ends and tabbing problem.
Tabbing can vary from one program to another. Better to not use them unless you know what the tab setting are in the program that will display the data.
Seems there are several different line ends. Some take CR, some take LF and some take both.
I guess you need to know what your target machine is using.

[rak]

My target users are windows(IE8) but my server is AIX.

But this works fine in windows region(Local RAD & IE8), it fails only I move the code and file to AIX server.

If I change the file extension from .txt to .doc then it retains the format. But the end user has to change the Page Setup to "Landscape" and print in Legal Paper, then only the end user can able to see the full content.

Is there anyway in which I can force the document to be viewed in "Landscape"

[Norm]

I don' think there is any formatting information in text file other than things like tabs and lineends.

[JosAH]

My guess is that it's a \r\n (MS Windows) versus \n (Unix etc.) thingy.

kind regards,

Jos

[Tolls]

Quite.
How is that file generated?
That's the key, since that code up there is simply streaming an existing file back to the client.

[rak]

Thanks guys for all your efforts.

I simply provided this solution...

I zipped the text file and moved to the server when the client download the file then the formatting is retained.

Thanks once again!!!