Automatic launch of an app via Omniweb

[Richard Mercer]

>  Suppose I have the following link in my web page:
>  

>  <a href="mathematica_doc.ma">...</a>.
>  

>  When I click on this link, Omni web downloads the .ma
>  file and, recognizing it as a Mathematica document, starts
>  Mathematica and loads the
>  .ma file into Mathematica.  I have been able to do this
>  on other web sites,
>  but it doesn't work on my own web site.
>  

>  Is there something I must include in my .html files, or
>  in the server (CERN httpd) .conf file, or something to
>  be configured in OmniWeb?
>  

>  This has me baffled and I sure would appreciate some
>  expert help.  Thanks.
>  

>  Joe McWilliams mcwilljg at euler.sfasu.edu

I have faced this exact problem. The answer is relatively simple.

In your httpd.conf file, add the line

AddType .ma	application/mathematica	binary

What is more difficult is to load the .mb file as well.
Let me know if you need to do this.

Richard Mercer