RE: [PHP] Is it possible to call an external client or server program?

2002-03-31 Thread Cal Evans
ginal Message- From: martinahingis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 7:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Is it possible to call an external client or server program? hmm.. very thanks Cal. I don't have any problem with security settings or another client si

Re: [PHP] Is it possible to call an external client or server program?

2002-03-31 Thread martinahingis
hmm.. very thanks Cal. I don't have any problem with security settings or another client side setting. Because actually I'm using PHP for an application (but not a web application) just works for the machine which is the server or in the same LAN with the werver. And all settings of their browser

RE: [PHP] Is it possible to call an external client or server program?

2002-03-31 Thread Cal Evans
Martina, If you mean, from within a browser, is it possible to invoke a program on a client's machine then...yes, with a caveat. If the OS is windows, and the program has a COM interface and the user has set the security settings to a moronically low level, it is possible to invoke COM objects