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Gladis
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A client wants me to build a webpage that can run a program on the browser's machine. Is this possible? The program is command line driven. Its job is to create a text file that I need to be able to read. Is that possible?
Option B is a custom app but it would be great if the app could be web based.
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ovigo22
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Klimapol
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Gladis: The short answer is no. The longer answer involves using ActiveX and forcing the user to use Internet Explorer on windows. (Its also possible that there is a way for a signed Java applet to escape the sandbox, but I wouldn't swear to it)
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Gladis
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Hmm.. the users are forced to use IE on Windows anyway (the client owns the machines). So it needs to be done in ActiveX? OK :)
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