First, thanks to all who replied! and yes I was aware of that kind of security issues and expected no positive results upon my question. But I've forgotten about the wsh. Now I think I would use it in case it is *absolutely* necessary Thanks again Mauricio On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 21:28, Rory Browne wrote: > Sort of. There are two ways to do this(that I can think of, and > neither of them are too reliable. Consider this: how would you like if > any random website, could run any program they liked on your computer? > This could range from word/excel, to less amicable programs like ones > that control your speakers/microphone, etc. > > Having that said, you can use nsiProcess(in netscape/gecko based > browsers.), or wsh for MSIE. I'm not sure exactly how to do this. I > just remember reading some code that needed this. On > netscape/mozilla/gecko you'll have to tell the script to override the > security preventing this(the user will be shown a dialog box, asking > them to confirm this). I'm not sure what the situation is with MSIE, > but expect to encounter some security issues. > > I don't know any examples for nsIProcess off-hand, but you can check > out the PHUI Code for an example on doing this on MSIE. > > On 6/7/05, Mauricio Pellegrini <hrrg-inf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, sorry if what I am asking makes no sense, but here it goes.. > > > > Some one has asked me to set a web page from within wich users could > > launch local applications. Those applications are allready installed in > > the client PC. > > > > The link on the web page would act as a simple link to start the > > application. > > > > This page would be something that resembles the windows desktop with all > > its links on it. > > > > My question is would it be possible to start in example word or excel > > from a link in a web page? > > > > Thanks for your answers > > Mauricio > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
