The only web-deployed, no-install tools you can use that has access to the local file system is Java and ActiveX as you have discovered. Both will throw security warnings, because no web app has unfettered access to your computer by default, and none should (who knows what kind of havoc they could wreck if they did).
(You should be able to allow your ActiveX to access the local file system though because that's how online anti-virus scans work. It will require user interaction, or maybe the deployment of a Group Policy change. Not a path I'd go down though given the stigma associated with ActiveX in the browser.) Can I ask what their opposition is to a desktop application? Is it deployment? Because if it is, you could just use ClickOnce deployment to deploy your .NET app. It will still throw a security warning, but you can tame it by signing your app (you get a nicer-looking dialog). (You could rewrite the app using Adobe AIR and deploy using that, but there's no real advantage in your situation, unless cross-platform is a requirement.) 2009/4/22 jose2250 <[email protected]>: > I recently developed a Desktop Application using Visual Basic 2008 Express > .Net 3.5. It works ok. Application will look for .pdf files on a specific > folder on C: drive, rename the files according to some user's input and > database query result, then upload the renamed files to an FTP server. No > problem. However, the company don't want a desktop application. So, my goal > is to re-create the application using a new Rich Internet Application > technology. I then, created a Windows User Control in VB.net 3.5 and embedded > the .dll in an html page. This works great on my local development pc, > however, it will have some security issues when I try to run it on our > intranet. It seems like the control (Activex), will not allow access to the > local files. I just need access to be able to rename files on C:, that's it. > Then I came across Silverligt and Flex development software. But, after > playing with flex for a little, noticed that Flex will not be my best choice > to access and rename local files, is that right? Any suggestions about the > technology that we should use? Thanks! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links > > > >
