David,
Thanks for the info - that would work perfect for what we need to do.
Do you have any sample code or know where i can find some info
on vCalendar format?
Since Dave Watts turned you onto it maybe he has some info??
Kirk
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Shadovitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: how to launch a windows app from a web page?
> Kirk and all,
>
> This may be insufficient for your needs, but it is easy and useful:
>
> You can add an "Add this meeting to your calendar" hyperlink to your web
> pages. The link is to a simple text file in the vCalendar format. When
> the user clicks on the link, the browser invokes the user's calendar
> program, be it MS Outlook Calendar or another PIM. The hyperlink can be
> dynamically generated, of course, from info pulled from a database.
>
> Thanks to Dave Watts for alerting me to this.
>
> -David
>
> On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:15:55 -0800 "Kirk Boecker"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > we also have a huge need for this,
> > we need to have a link for users of our CF app to pull up their own
> > OutLook Calendar from the link (and ideally pass some variables to it)
> >
> > if anyone knows how to do this please respond,
> > we would be willing to pay for a simple, clean solution
> >
> > kirk
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Sizemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 7:00 AM
> > Subject: RE: how to launch a windows app from a web page?
> >
> >
> > > James,
> > >
> > > I am passively trying to do the same thing. I've got it to
> > creating a
> > signed
> > > VB Active x control that shells out to the app (currently note
> > pad). I
> > want
> > > to pass the app name to the active x control to open (maybe in a
> > URL
> > > variable, for example
> > http://www.foo.com/Index.cfm?OpenAppID=NotePad to
> > open
> > > notepad.exe). Any thoughts on how I would do this?
> > >
> > > Start VB code >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >
> > > Private Sub Command1_Click()
> > > Dim rc As Double
> > >
> > > rc = Shell(Text1.Text, vbMaximizedFocus)
> > >
> > > End Sub
> > >
> > > Private Sub UserControl_Initialize()
> > > Text1.Text = "c:\notepad.exe"
> > > Dim rc As Double
> > >
> > > rc = Shell(Text1.Text, vbMaximizedFocus)
> > > End Sub
> > >
> > >
> > > End VB code >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: James Birchler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 9:30 PM
> > > To: CF-Talk
> > > Subject: OT: how to launch a windows app from a web page?
> > >
> > > Has anyone ever successfully launched a Windows application from a
> > web
> > page?
> > > If so, how? The only way I've found so far is using an ActiveX
> > > component--but only in theory. I'm looking for source code I
> > could modify
> > > to launch a particular application.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to simply use an <object> tag to launch the
> > application?
> > >
> > > Anyone know anything about this sort of thing?
>
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