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Running an executable from a link on an html page.
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29/03/2000 02:12:27
 
 
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28/03/2000 18:02:01
Monte Murdock
Universal American Mortgage Company
Clearwater, Florida, United States
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00350659
Message ID:
00351904
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28
Though not a very robust solution, if you want to launch a local VFP application in the Browser, look into ActiveDocs.

Dave

>Thank you, however, I have also tried the following commands
>
>window.location.href = 'file:///c:/bin/the.exe'
>
>and
>
><% Response.Redirect 'file://C:/bin/the.exe'%>
>
>neither of them work; both with give me the File Download dialog. What I am trying to accomplish is running an exe on the client from an Intranet HTML or ASP page. It should be real simple the User click's on a Hot-Link and the local application runs from the client computer. Any ideas?
>
>MOnTe
>
>
>>Use ASP to launch the application.
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>>If I run the following command from the Address line of the IE it will open the app without the File Download dialog, however, when I run the same line from a link on a html page it always gives me the File Download dialog
>>>example
>>>file:///c:/temp/the.exe
>>>
>>>Does anyone know how to run a local executable from a HTML page link and at the same time suspend the File Download dialog?
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