Run a local install Application from JS!?

Adrian

Hi
I want to be able to start a locally installed application from within a
web page.

So if our application is installed it is started when a user clicks a link
on our page. I know or assume this cannot be done just from JS?

I though I could do it using an OCX active (signed) and then call it from JS
using onclick but can't seem to get this to work!

Any ideas of how I can do this or better still any links to a working
example!

Oct 23 '05 #1

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McKirahan

"Adrian" <Ad****@nospamh otmail.com.uk> wrote in message
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Hi
I want to be able to start a locally installed application from within a web page.

So if our application is installed it is started when a user clicks a link
on our page. I know or assume this cannot be done just from JS?

I though I could do it using an OCX active (signed) and then call it from JS using onclick but can't seem to get this to work!

Any ideas of how I can do this or better still any links to a working
example!

You'll get a security warning but you can do it:
<html>
<head>
<title>run_exe. com/</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function run(what) {
var wss = new ActiveXObject(" WScript.Shell") ;
wss.Run(what);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" value="Notepad" onclick="run('N otepad.exe')">
<input type="button" value="Calculat or" onclick="run('C alc.exe')">
</form>
</body>
</html>

Oct 23 '05 #2

Adrian

Great Thanks for your help.

I though I would need an ActiveX but this is good.

Is there any way around the warning?

What if on the first visit to the site it prompts them to add it to their
trusted sites, would this work?

If so could it be done from script?

Thanks

Again

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"Adrian" <Ad****@nospamh otmail.com.uk> wrote in message
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Hi
I want to be able to start a locally installed application from
within

a
web page.

So if our application is installed it is started when a user clicks a
link
on our page. I know or assume this cannot be done just from JS?

I though I could do it using an OCX active (signed) and then call it from

JS
using onclick but can't seem to get this to work!

Any ideas of how I can do this or better still any links to a working
example!

You'll get a security warning but you can do it:
<html>
<head>
<title>run_exe. com/</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function run(what) {
var wss = new ActiveXObject(" WScript.Shell") ;
wss.Run(what);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" value="Notepad" onclick="run('N otepad.exe')">
<input type="button" value="Calculat or" onclick="run('C alc.exe')">
</form>
</body>
</html>

Oct 23 '05 #3

McKirahan

"Adrian" <Ad****@nospamh otmail.com.uk> wrote in message
news:dj******** **@nwrdmz03.dmz .ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...

Great Thanks for your help.

I though I would need an ActiveX but this is good.

Is there any way around the warning?

What if on the first visit to the site it prompts them to add it to their
trusted sites, would this work?

If so could it be done from script?

Thanks

Again

http://wd.iworld.com/forum/showthrea...threadid=51038

"No, there's no way to hide that message, if that message wasn't there
anyone could come along and delete c:/windows, not good at all."

Try running it as an HTA; hust rename it with an .hta extension.

Oct 23 '05 #4

Adrian

OK Thanks for your help

"McKirahan" <Ne**@McKirahan .com> wrote in message
news:Ac******** *************** *******@comcast .com...

"Adrian" <Ad****@nospamh otmail.com.uk> wrote in message
news:dj******** **@nwrdmz03.dmz .ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
Great Thanks for your help.

I though I would need an ActiveX but this is good.

Is there any way around the warning?

What if on the first visit to the site it prompts them to add it to their
trusted sites, would this work?

If so could it be done from script?

Thanks

Again

http://wd.iworld.com/forum/showthrea...threadid=51038

"No, there's no way to hide that message, if that message wasn't there
anyone could come along and delete c:/windows, not good at all."

Try running it as an HTA; hust rename it with an .hta extension.

Oct 24 '05 #5

Jean-Philippe Encausse

What is browser compatibility of this solution ?
-> Firefox, IE, Opera ?
-> only under Windows i presume ?

Oct 24 '05 #6

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