types mime application

test.pdf

mime type: application/pdf

code :

<object data="data/test.pdf" type="application/pdf" width="300" height="200">
  alt : <a href="data/test.pdf">test.pdf</a>
</object>

result :

#1 : Firefox must have a very recent plugin. The adobe reader 7.0 plugin result an alert, the 7.0.8 plugin works.
WARNING, multiple objects of pdf type on a same page crash Firefox !

#2 : Opera need a user's click to activate the control.

test.ps

mime type: application/postscript-x

code :

<object data="data/test.ps" type="application/postscript-x" width="300" height="200">
  alt : <a href="data/test.ps">test.ps</a>
</object>

result :

test.odt

mime type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text

code :

<object type="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text"
        data="data/test.odt" width="600" height="1000">
  alt : <a href="data/test.odt">test.odt</a>
</object>

result :

#3 : The OpenOffice plugin seem a little buggy, it need a very large surface to display correctly the document (width="600" height="1000").

test.ods

mime type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet

code :

<object type="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet"
        data="data/test.ods" width="600" height="1000">
  alt : <a href="data/test.ods">test.ods</a>
</object>

result :

test.odp

mime type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation

code :

<object type="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation"
        data="data/test.odp" width="600" height="1000">
  alt : <a href="data/test.odp">test.odp</a>
</object>

result :

test.sxw

mime type: application/vnd.sun.xml.writer

code :

<object type="application/vnd.sun.xml.writer"
        data="data/test.sxw" width="600" height="1000">
  alt : <a href="data/test.sxw">test.sxw</a>
</object>

result :

test.sxc

mime type: application/vnd.sun.xml.calc

code :

<object type="application/vnd.sun.xml.calc"
        data="data/test.sxc" width="600" height="1000">
  alt : <a href="data/test.sxc">test.sxc</a>
</object>

result :

test.sxi

mime type: application/vnd.sun.xml.impress

code :

<object type="application/vnd.sun.xml.impress"
        data="data/test.sxi" width="600" height="1000">
  alt : <a href="data/test.sxi">test.sxi</a>
</object>

result :

#5 : In Konqueror, this type can be associated with the Kpresenter plugin of Koffice, but it results a bad conversion, content is truncated.

test.doc

mime type: application/msword

this test document was created with OpenOffice.org

code :

<object type="application/msword" data="data/test.doc" width="300" height="200">
  alt : <a href="data/test.doc">test.doc</a>
</object>

result :

#4 : without the plugin, I haven't it.

test.xls

mime type: application/vnd.ms-excel

this test document was created with OpenOffice.org

code :

<object type="application/vnd.ms-excel"
        data="data/test.xls" width="300" height="200">
  alt : <a href="data/test.xls">test.xls</a>
</object>

result :

test.ppt

mime type: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint

this test document was created with OpenOffice.org

code :

<object type="application/vnd.ms-powerpoint"
        data="data/test.ppt" width="300" height="200">
  alt : <a href="data/test.ppt">test.ppt</a>
</object>

result :