Kelly Yancey writes:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Leif Neland wrote:
> > I've been asked if this is possible:
> >
> > Having a webserver running a database of some sort.
> > User clicks a button on a form, a cgi-script runs, determines the ip of
> > the user, and sends a command to "something" on the users pc, which then
> > sends commands to a modem, making it dial a number.
> >
> > So our salespeople can dial directly from the database.
> >
> > This "something", could this be a java-applet, or should it be an
> > active-x? Or something completely different?
>
> I think that the security settings in most browsers would prevent an
> object embedded in a page (such as a java applet or activeX control) from
> this amount of system access. Just think of the implications otherwise:
> maliscious people could put applets/activeX controls on a web page which
> racked up long distance charges to some eastern European country.
It is very easy:
create file on server side with content-type
x-application/x-dialout for example and dial information in it.
configure helpers to start program 'dialout' for type x-application/x-dialout
and write script 'dialout' which use dialing information
from x-application/x-dialout files.
All names are examples and can be changed as you want.
But be careful when choose name for content-type
Sorry bad English. I can to detaile if need (I am using
similar methods sometimes)
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