I have a local asp website on my PC

[chunbo]

I have a local asp website on my PC. How could I invoke a VB application from within ASP page? For example, in VB we can use shell(app_name, parameter), can we do similar thing in ASP?

I tried to build a static link
<A href=&quot;C:\abc.exe&quot;>invokeApp</A> in my asp page.
When running this page, it first asks to download or run, then issues a security warning if I choose to run it. Do we have a way to invoke a program from ASP directly?

Thanks

 

[adam0101]

If you just want to launch it on your computer, put the program in a subfolder and point a virtual directory that has execute permission to it and create a normal link to the program. If you want to use ASP to run the program, you can use the Windows Scripting Host. Just do a search on google for [Windows Scripting Host ASP], you'll find all kinds of examples. If you're talking about launching a program on a visitors computer, sorry, there's no way to do it automatically. Adam

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[chunbo]

Perfect answer. Thanks a lot.

 

[FesterSXS]

Not strictly true. I have used Automation to open client versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint (if they have them installed) when they click on links to doc, xls or ppt files on my site. Tony

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