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Launching a local application using java?

  • 17-09-2008 01:34PM
    #1
    justindublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 345 ✭✭


    Hey Guys,

    I got this working a couple of weeks ago and for the love of god I can figure out how to do it again.

    Basically i'm trying to launch a local program from a webpage.
    To make things easy i'll pretend i'm trying to launch notepad (as this is a standalone document).

    The code i have so far is:

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>test</title>
    <script type="text/JScript">
    var v = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");
    </script>

    </head>
    <body>
    <p>
    <a href="javascript:v.ShellExecute('notepad', '', 'C:\\system32');">LinkA</a>
    </p>
    <p>
    <a href="javascript:v.ShellExecute('notepad');">LinkB>
    </p>
    <a href="javascript:v.ShellExecute('notepad.exe');">LinkC</a>
    </body>
    </html>

    Any ideas where i'm going wrong?


Comments

  • #2
    none
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 569 ✭✭✭none


    It's JavaScript rather than Java. The HTML is poorly formatted but your real problem might be in the security settings on your machine.


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