[Javascript] How to open notepad.exe

[Robert Wall]

On 15 Jun 2003, Ganesh  Kamath wrote:

> I would like to open "notepad.exe" from web brower to interface with
> some web application. I tried to use Javascipt as web brower language.
> I tried following piece of code, but I always get "ActiveXObject is
> not defined." error.

Not sure what's wrong with your code, but I can guarantee that that code
isn't going to work on most end-user's browsers.  Giving a web document
arbitrary permission to make system calls is almost always considered a
Bad Thing, as it opens up a truckload of security holes.

Are you running the code on a Win32 system?

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