Run local exe from url link

[alan-d]

From a menu link on an Intranet page I want users to be able to run Lessonm.exe on the local machine.

 

Any ideas on how I do this?

[Midget]

put the intranet in the trusted domains list and use java to run the .exe

[alan-d]

Trusted domains list I can do. No idea where to start with the java thing though.

[Midget]

I wasn't sure if javascript would be able to do it, but apparently it can so i'd reccy using that instead as its easier to embed into html

 

Here is a very good simple walkthrough

 

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/31646

[alan-d]

Thanks - I'll have a look - it looks just the job

[Geoff]

Also be aware IE7 disables the Intranet security zone.

[klawd]

This might be of some use...

 

LaunchinIE

 

http://www.whirlywiryweb.com/q/%2Flaunchinie.asp

 

its a free DLL, but requires some setup on clients (registry entries etc)

 

Another (but non-free) way of doing it is:

 

IntraLaunch

http://www.particlesoftware.com/en/index.html

 

Both seem to work fine, I am experimenting with both for incorporating an application launcher into intranet.