Re: Call to an .exe file

Are you expecting "show.exe" to run on the CLIENT (browser) or the web server ? I suspect you want it on the client. The proper way to do that would be to publish a link to the UNC path to the executable. That way, "show.exe" can reside on any server share, and be linked in from a web page. (All this presumes that this is on some local Intranet - this has some huge security implications).

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Re^2: Call to an .exe file by bowei_99 (Friar) on Feb 08, 2006 at 01:04 UTC
If you decide to use this solution and use a UNC path, I beleive it would basically be specifying the UNC path in a URI, e.g. `file:///servername-here/sharename-here` [download] keep in mind that UNC paths only work in IE, at least so far as I've tested. I have a site that I've had to do that, and found that it doesn't work in Firefox on Windows or Mac. I haven't tried other browsers, but I suppose you may be able to use Opera, but it may have to be IE compatibility mode. Also, you may have to use javascript to launch show.exe from the UNC path (this is assuming, again, that you want it on the client side).	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: Call to an .exe file
by bowei_99 (Friar) on Feb 08, 2006 at 01:04 UTC

file:///servername-here/sharename-here
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Also, you may have to use javascript to launch show.exe from the UNC path (this is assuming, again, that you want it on the client side).

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