How to read System's taskmanager details using javascript or ActiveX object from js

[bhandarkar]

If we want to know the processes or applications present in System's taskmanager we can do that using java RaunTime object. But how can we do that at client side using javascript?

[gits]

hi ...

welcome to TSDN ...

you cannot and should not do that with javascript ... its purpose is to do things WITHIN the browser ... not outside ... imagine a webpage that gains control to your system ...

i know that sometimes there are applications besides those 'webapps' and that have special requirements ... and in that case you have to have a strict inranet-environment and there might be possibilities with ActiveX or advanced MOZ-privileges ... to gain control to the users system ... but: your application must have or gain that privileges ... you cannot do that with standard javascript and everything you would do is strictly browserspecific ...

kind regards

[rnd me]

the easy way is something like Gadget Development Overview


if you want more flexibility,

Windows Script Host


this a a vbscript version, you can rewrite it in jscript...

Set colCompSys = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem")
For Each objCS in colCompSys
  WScript.Echo "  NumberOfProcessors: " & objCS.NumberOfProcessors
  WScript.Echo "  NumberOfLogicalProcessors: " & objCS.NumberOfLogicalProcessors
  WScript.Echo "  PCSystemType: " & objCS.PCSystemType
Next

[bhandarkar]

Thanks!! I understand your concern and that's true as well.. but I was just checking if there is anyway. Regarding ActiveX, I can use that as it's intranate application. Does anyone know any such resource? If yes, please let me know. I could not get that yet on the net.

hi ...

welcome to TSDN ...

you cannot and should not do that with javascript ... its purpose is to do things WITHIN the browser ... not outside ... imagine a webpage that gains control to your system ...

i know that sometimes there are applications besides those 'webapps' and that have special requirements ... and in that case you have to have a strict inranet-environment and there might be possibilities with ActiveX or advanced MOZ-privileges ... to gain control to the users system ... but: your application must have or gain that privileges ... you cannot do that with standard javascript and everything you would do is strictly browserspecific ...

kind regards

[gits]

hi ...

have a look at post #3 ... may be that helps?

kind regards