he user's machine from a network drive (I
> will set up a DB table with the names, over 300, and arguments to pass). Ho
> would I do this?
>
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Subject: RE: call program on client via CF?
> Is there a way to activate a program on a client machine using CF in an
> extranet environment? I know this can't be done with VBScript or
> JavaScrip
>
> Is there a way to activate a program on a client machine using CF in an
> extranet environment? I know this can't be done with VBScript or
> JavaScript
> due to security concerns. Can it be done with CF if the person using the
> client machine is willing?
This wanders into the real of active
With a signed active X control or a signed java applet ...or NS plugin for
that matter you can do whatever you want on a clients machine ...as long as
the client gives the go ahead. But you're probably in for more of a head
ache than its worth.
-eric
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ColdFusion executes on the SERVER. Are you trying to START a program on
the CLIENT?
One way would be to build a TSR on the CLIENT that waits for TCP/IP/UDP
commands from a COM object on the SERVER, but then you're faced with all
sorts of remote security issues...
The short answer to your que
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