Sure... with the use of the proper MIME type and if they have that MIME type mapped to that application. Think of a PDF.. it gets sent out with the header Content-type: application/pdf Your browser has a reference for that MIME type to link it to acrobat reader... so it opens up reader (or the plug-in) and you can view the PDF.
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 27/12/2002 at 9:20 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello all, > >Can php call an executable on the users machine? I have some divx movies >and I want the user to be able to click on a link and the php page will >open >the divx player and start to stream the movie. is this possible? > >Thanks, >Eddie > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
