[Javascript] Call an external program?

[Miles Thompson]

Thank-you all for confirming what I thought was correct.

Troy - I'd forgotten about bringing applications up in the browser.

Advice will be: Keep the app open, here's how you ALT+TAB. Said with a 
smile, of course.

Regards - Miles

At 05:38 PM 4/27/2006, Troy III Ajnej wrote:


>This used to be so easy, you could have simply pointed to the program exe 
>through Href
>But the missuse of every single given browser ability has become its worst 
>enemy.
>The call can still be achieved in some browsers but now the user will have 
>to go pass two or three msg boxes to let it open.
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>>From: Miles Thompson <miles at allnovascotia.com>
>>Reply-To: "\[JavaScript List\]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
>>To: javascript at LaTech.edu
>>Subject: [Javascript] Call an external program?
>>Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:29:02 -0300
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>>I've looked through my JS book, and Googled, but I cannot find anything 
>>like PHP's exec() command in JavaScript.
>>
>>What I want to do is this:
>>
>>         When the operator leaves the "pay_method" combo box, if it has 
>> been changed to either "VISA" or "M-C", trigger a call to a credit card 
>> maintenance program (CC_app) that runs on the local desktop. This 
>> program does NOT run in a browser.
>>
>>I sort of think it could be done with a Java applet, and the applet could 
>>watch the combo box for the change and make the call, but I'm not sure. 
>>Then we would end up downloading the applet on every page refresh.
>>
>>Opinions? Suggestions?
>>
>>What I am suggesting now is to keep the CC_app open and use an alert() to 
>>remind the user who can then Alt+Tab to it.
>>
>>Tks in advance - Miles Thompson
>>
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