Unable to download files from https with Internet Explorer

Hello,

I am using tomcat with SSL connection which is running fine, however I
have a problem to download an excel files with internet Explorer.
In fact I am using a servlet which stream data in the correct format
to create an excel files. This servlet is working fine when I am
executing it from a non secure connection but when I am under Https I
am having error message.
If I want to open the file with excel, I get:

Impossible to open:
https://localhost/....
then another popup message:
Microsoft Excel cannot access the file
'https://localhost/....' There are several possible
reasons:
The file name or path does not exist.
The file you're trying to open is being used by another program. Close
the
document in the other program, and try again.
The name of the workbook you're trying to save is the same as the name
of
another document that is read-only. Try saving the workbook with a
different
name.

And if I try to save the file, I get:

Cannot save target.
Internet Explorer was not able to open the web site. Web site cannot
be found...

However, I can open and save the file under secure connection using
FireFox and Opera Explorer.

If anybody could help me I would appreciate
Thanx
Edouard

See this doesn't help, you might to try IE newsgroups
Internet Explorer file downloads over SSL do not work with the cache control
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"Edouard Dalla-Costa" <edallacosta.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:42d78946.0410172358.1e14de39@posting.google.com...
 > Hello,
 >
 > I am using tomcat with SSL connection which is running fine, however I
 > have a problem to download an excel files with internet Explorer.
 > In fact I am using a servlet which stream data in the correct format
 > to create an excel files. This servlet is working fine when I am
 > executing it from a non secure connection but when I am under Https I
 > am having error message.
 > If I want to open the file with excel, I get:
 >
 > Impossible to open:
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="https://localhost/....</font" target="_blank">https://localhost/....</font</a>>
 > then another popup message:
 > Microsoft Excel cannot access the file
 > 'https://localhost/....' There are several possible
 > reasons:
 > The file name or path does not exist.
 > The file you're trying to open is being used by another program. Close
 > the
 > document in the other program, and try again.
 > The name of the workbook you're trying to save is the same as the name
 > of
 > another document that is read-only. Try saving the workbook with a
 > different
 > name.
 >
 > And if I try to save the file, I get:
 >
 > Cannot save target.
 > Internet Explorer was not able to open the web site. Web site cannot
 > be found...
 >
 > However, I can open and save the file under secure connection using
 > FireFox and Opera Explorer.
 >
 > If anybody could help me I would appreciate
 > Thanx
 > Edouard<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->