Bob Hunter schrieb:
> I know this is a little off topic, but I haven't been able to get any help
> over in the Javascript group. And, I know that the best programmers are
> over here anyway.
>
>
>
> I have a svg where the user clicks on an svg object which is supposed to
> launch a .mp4 app to show a mp4 video. The method of doing this is an
> external javascript that uses window.open(url_to_mp4_file). I currently
> use that with mpgs with no problem. But, I have a job with a guy that
> developed a proprietary mp4 viewer. The viewer doesn't register
> itself when
> installed. So, my javascript statement doesn't work.
>
>
>
> I tried to "right-click a mp4 file, get the properties, change the app
> that
> opens a mp4 file and set it to the new viewer. That made it so I could
> double-click on any of the mp4 files and the viewer would open and
> show the
> file. But, when I did a windows.open(url_of_mp4_file), it still won't
> start
> the mp4 viewer (a window opens, but it doesn't automatically launch the
> player).
>
>
>
> This application does not use a web server (it runs locally on a
> computer in
> Internet Explorer/ASV, Windows XP).
>
>
>
> I also tried adding shell --> open --> command with "c:\Program
> Files\myPlayer\mp4Player.exe" "%1" under the .mp4 entry in the registry
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, but that wasn't enough to get it to work.
>
>
>
> If the player is c:\Program Files\myPlayer\mp4Player.exe, does anyone know
> what registry entries are required for Internet Explorer to launch the
> viewer when I give it the local hard drive url of an mp4 file?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
>
>
> Bob Hunter
>
Hi Bob
you could use the windows scripting hosts shell object to run any
executable from html.
though there will be a popup asking for permission.
what you need is something like this:
var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
var oExec = WshShell.Exec("your.exe");
here is a complete example:
runexe.html
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; >
<head>
<script>
function runExe(){
var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
var oExec = WshShell.Exec("calc");
}
</script>
</head>
<body >
<embed src="test.svg" type="image/svg+xml" width="100%" height="500"/>
</body>
</html>
test.svg
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"; viewBox="0 0 1024 768" >
<rect x="0" y="0" width="100" height="100" onclick="top.runExe()"/>
</svg>
NOTE ! that this will only work in IE+ASV3/6
hth
Holger
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