Opening a program

[Redhead]

Hi There

I was wondering if anyone know how to open a progaram, from a web page link..

This web page i'm speaking of is just for me to run on my local machine, i'm using Apache, and im trying to make a web page for my little sister so when she starts up her IE she can go to one of her games or she can search the Internet.. There is a very long story why to do this but i think this can be great for her just not sure how to do that..

Because if i put

<a href="c:/program files/game/game.exe">Games</a> 

It wants me to download right away how can i avoide this and just open it and run it.

[pyro]

Like as in, run a virus?

[Redhead]

No not a virus i dont know anything about that, it's a game something like magic school bus.

[pyro]

My point was, if you could run an .exe file (even for a game) a script kiddie could run a virus.

[Redhead]

OH OK Yes sorry, still learning here

[pyro]

np.

[Redhead]

So what do you think, can this be done? or am over my head hear and it can not be done!

[pyro]

No, you can't run an .exe without promting your users. Best bet it probably to just have them save the file and run it from their own computer.

[PhillMc]

Originally posted by Redhead
Hi There

I was wondering if anyone know how to open a progaram, from a web page link..

This web page i'm speaking of is just for me to run on my local machine, i'm using Apache, and im trying to make a web page for my little sister so when she starts up her IE she can go to one of her games or she can search the Internet.. There is a very long story why to do this but i think this can be great for her just not sure how to do that..

Because if i put

<a href="c:/program files/game/game.exe">Games</a> 

It wants me to download right away how can i avoide this and just open it and run it.

You said this page runs locally, right? If you did, read on, if not, ignore the post.
Like pyro said, it's not gonna happen with it prompting for download. When it prompts for download, don't click save, click 'open'. That should run it from it's current location.

[TheBearMay]

Actually, if it's local, and you play around with the security settings for the My Computer security zone you can eliminate the download message (on IE at least) and the security warning for the ActiveX component by using:

function run(file) { 
    var ws = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell"); 
    try{     
        ws.run(file); 
    } catch (Exception){
        alert ("file not found");
    }
}
....
<a href=# onclick="run('c:/program files/game/game.exe')" >Games</a> 

[PhillMc]

Ummm.....What ^ He ^ Said, lol.

[Redhead]

Ok that sounds good i'll try that in a bit after dinner and ill let everyone know how i made out ok.

Thanks So Very Much

[pyro]

Originally posted by Redhead
just for me to run on my local machine

Why do I always miss these parts?

[Paul Jr]

Originally posted by pyro
Why do I always miss these parts?

You may be a Super Moderator, but you're still human.

[pyro]

Originally posted by Paul Jr
...but you're still human.

Yeah, but I'm working on that part...