[thelist] Accessing client hardware using IE

[Seth Bienek]

Want to be my new best friend?  (please say yes).

I need to access a COM port on a client machine, preferably via a web browser.  This is for an intranet, so the hardware/software is standardized; PIII's running NT 4 and IE 5+.

I've considered using COM and Java, but have had complications implementing both.

Connections will be trusted, so security is not a concern, but is there a technology that will allow accessing client hardware through the browser?

Any suggestions, speculations, solutions, comments, or insults will be cheerfully considered.

Thanks (in advance, no less),

Seth

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Seth Bienek
Solutions Development Manager
Stonebridge Technologies, Inc.
972.455.7294 tel
972.404.9754 fax
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