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Setting MIME for IIS 4.0

CERN HTTPD

  • Make sure that you have server administration privileges.
  • Change directories to <root>/conf and edit the file "mimes.types".
    1. Add the following line: 
         AddType   .swf application/x-shockwave-flash
      NOTE: If the above line is added at the end of the file, make sure that the file ends with a blank line.

    2. Save the changes, and then restart the Web server.

    EMWAC for NT

    1. Make sure that you have server administration privileges.
    2. Open the HTTP server Control Panel applet and click the New Mapping button.
    3. Type the extension "SWF" into the extension field (without quotation marks).
    4. Type the following into the text box for MIME type: 
            application/x-shockwave-flash
    5. Click OK, quit the editor and save changes, and then restart the Web server.

    Glaci HTTPd (NetWare)

  • Make sure that you have server administration privileges.
  • Change directories to <root> sys:\etc and edit the file "mimes.type.cdf".
    1. Add the following line: 
            application/x-shockwave-flash swf
      NOTE: If the above line is added at the end of the file, make sure that the file ends with a blank line.

    2. Save the changes, and then restart the Web server.

    NCSA HTTPD

  • Make sure that you have server administration privileges.
  • Change directories to <root>/conf and edit the file "mimes.types".
    1. Add the following line: 
            application/x-shockwave-flash swf
      NOTE: If the above line is added at the end of the file, make sure that the file ends with a blank line.

    2. Save the changes, and then restart the Web server.

    Netscape Web Servers

  • Make sure that you have server administration privileges.
  • Change directories to <root>\conf and edit the file "mimes.types".
    1. Add the following line: 
            type=application/x-shockwave-flash exts=swf
      NOTE: If the above line is added at the end of the file, make sure that the file ends with a blank line.

    2. Save the changes, and then restart the Web server.

    O'Reilly Website

    1. Click on the ORA Website yellow gear icon (near the clock on the Taskbar), select Server Properties, and then choose the Mapping tab.
    2. In the List Selector section, select the Content Types button.
    3. In the File Extension (class) field, add: 
            swf
    4. In the MIME Content Type field add: 
            application/x-shockwave-flash
    5. Click Add, and then click Apply.
    6. Restart the Web server.

    Roxen Challenger/Spinner

  • Make sure that you have server administration privileges.
  • Change directories to <root>/.etc and edit the file "extensions".
    1. Add the following line at the end of the file: 
            swf  application/x-shockwave-flash
    2. Save the changes, and then restart the Web server.

    WebSTAR/WebSTAR PS (Macintosh)

    1. Open the WebSTAR Administration application.
    2. Open the Configure menu and select Suffix Mapping.
    3. Set Action to BINARY,
      set File Suffix to ".swf",
      set File Type to "*",
      set MIME type to "application/x-shockwave-flash",
      set Creator to "*",
      and then click Add to add the new suffix mapping.
    4. Click Update to apply the changes.
    See ALSO

    Macromedia Note 4151 on what is needed and why.

    Macromedia's Note 4159 with links to MIME set-up for several Server Software programs.

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