launching an app w/ javascript?

[geuis]

I am trying to create an html file that, when run, works to setup a lot of tools I use throughout the day here at my job. I am wondering if its possible, using javascript, to have it open another application, such as netscape. Any help is appreciated.

Geuis

[geuis]

An update to this: I did more searching and I guess that javascript cannot do this. Is it possible to have javascript launch a batch file? If so, I can create a simple batch file to open Netscape.

[viravan]

Some Java methods and classes are exposed in Netscape 4.7+, you can try the following statements in your script and see if it works:


netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalExecAccess");
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(callAndArgs);


Where callAndArgs is a string reprsenting the command to execute and the optional arguments required by the command.

This trick will definitely not work in IE or NN6/7 (since NN6/7 no longer has a built-in JVM).

:)

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