how to run exe file using javascript

Question

Please help me to run a exe file using JavaScript and the file must be open on browser window inside any div tag.

Vincent Maverick Durano · Answer

You can't run an executable on the client's machine /browser directly. If this were possible it would have some very serious security implications. To run an executable on a client machine you need to have a look at one of the following technologies: XBAPs: Probably the best for what you want: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa970060.aspx ActiveX Plugins: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/COM/CompleteActiveX.aspx Google native client: http://code.google.com/p/nativeclient/ Java Applets: http://java.sun.com/applets/

Er Sanjeev Kumar · Answer

Hey it works ,,,, google native client became a good solution of it ...thankyou very much for helping me ....

Vincent Maverick Durano · Answer

What have you tried? Again you can't simply run executables in the browser for security reasons The link that ive posted is the technologies that you could possibly use to achieve your goal- but then again there's no guarantee that you can make that work the way you expect it to work

Er Sanjeev Kumar · Answer

None of that working

Vincent Maverick Durano · Answer

Here's an article explaining what ASPNET can do and cannot do: http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/article/121/what-asp-net-can-and-cannot-do

how to run exe file using javascript

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