Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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Right, i need to launch an external .exe from php. I have never touched php before but have been told you can lauch an external program from it. The php document would be local on the machine as would be the program.
Any ideas ??
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MikeLamb
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Registered: 23rd Sep 03
Location: Crowthorne Drives: Veccy SRI
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Hyperlink to the exe in HTML
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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Nope, cos it brings up a security warning. I need it to be the same as clicking a shortcut on your desktop for it
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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you can launch the exe serverside as part of a script depending on the security settings, but as for client side, you will always get a security warning unless said person clicking the link is a gimp, or its part of a trusted intranet where the rules have been somewhat 'laxed'
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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yeah its up to the client to lowere there internet security levels to stop that message
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poole
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
Location: Sheffield, UK Drives: 2.5 v6 Calibra
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Server side: http://www.php.net/exec
Client side: you wish.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Client side this is not a PHP question, its just regular HTML and perhaps Javascript or ActiveX, both of which will cause you the warnings as you are seeing.
Either way, this is not possible unless you have lowered the security client side, which you need to do at each computer and which would then potentially introduce you with problems elsewhere.
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