I'm trying to execute software from a local web page instead of going through start menu (it's a long story).

Some programs execute, others won't.

Any ideas?

Steveb123

a very foolish and dangerous practice. You must like viri and malware installed on your computer.

execute local programs through html page

If you are going to call me foolish, at least explain yourself.

If I write my own html code, have a line with a .gif so I can execute resident programs from one visual screen rather than through Start Menu....how is this a problem.

Kindly EXPLAIN.

The html tag with < img src ... > is normally benign and causes a fetch of the source.
To invoke an executable means you've done some good research on
what it happends when processing http get requests; (please don't report the how-to here!).

the issue is involves the server setup and how requests are constrained to the
webserver-root and how programs are found.

I'll not go any further on this topic for security reasons.

I too think this is a poor practice. If you don't like the Windows GUI, then
investigate other UI techniques, such as the command line, shell programming,
or rpc to X11.

other ui

Thank you for the reply.

I will look at shell programming, or rpc to X11 as you have suggested.

steveb123

You can create a .hta file that is an html application where you can program in another language like vbscript.
Look around for it, it might be enough for what you want to do.

fyi: .HTA files can be hijacked (when on a public website) and thus they are
frequently disabled. This is an old issue for IE browsers

Well, I use them for a local website to never be on the net so it's ok for me.
I'll burn it to a DVD and use it as an interface for a driver DVD source.

local html launcher

Thanks jobeard and gervol for your replies. I will research this further.

I downloaded an application launcher, which is ok, but I'd like to be able to do as many inputs as possible, with several screens.

If I can do it by learning and writing, I'd rather than pay $ for the fully featured program.

steveb123