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Old November 15th, 2004, 01:42 PM
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Default Launch a .exe on the client side

Hi

I want my ASP page to launch a .exe on the client side (IF the .exe program is already on the client pc...).

Thank you very much

Johnjohn



 
Old November 16th, 2004, 01:16 AM
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Hello John,

This is not possible with ASP. ASP is a server side scripting language and it cannot access anything at client machine except cookies stored in browser set folders. What you are trying to achieve is against the idea of client-server technology. A server can only respond to a request. It cannot command anything to the client in the absense of a request.

May I know what exactly you are trying to achieve. Sometimes it may be possible in some indirect methods like meta-refresh, remote scripting etc.





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