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.NET Forum / ASP.NET / General / July 2007way to download a client exe app to the client and run it?
Hi guys! I would like to tell the user browsing my website download a setup for an exe app (if that doesn't exist on his pc or if his version is different than the one on the server), and then run that exe from inside an aspx page, is this possible and, if so, could someone provide me with some instructions please? Thanks in advance! > Hi guys! > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thanks in advance! > Just link to the file.  SignatureGöran Andersson _____ http://www.guffa.com Well ok, that would tell the client's browser to download the file, but is there a way to run the exe (that resides in the client) afterwards from the server app? > Well ok, that would tell the client's browser to download the file, > but is there a way to run the exe (that resides in the client) afterwards > from the server app? No, for fairly obvious security reasons... How about I put a link to FORMAT.COM which you can download, and then my website runs format c:... Signaturehttp://www.markrae.net Thanks once again Mark for your help! I understand that, what if the client exe resides in the server, could that have access to the client's printer etc? > > Well ok, that would tell the client's browser to download the file, > > but is there a way to run the exe (that resides in the client) afterwards [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > How about I put a link to FORMAT.COM which you can download, and then my > website runs format c:... Hello patrickdrd, Nope. till u download that file it can't have access to the client's printer. why not to show the content for the user as asp.net page, and then user can print this information --- WBR, Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP]. My blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour Team blog: http://devkids.blogspot.com/ "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo p> Thanks once again Mark for your help! p> p> I understand that, p> what if the client exe resides in the server, p> could that have access to the client's printer etc? p> "Mark Rae" wrote: p> >>> Well ok, that would tell the client's browser to download the file, >>> but is there a way to run the exe (that resides in the client) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >> -- http://www.markrae.net > Thanks once again Mark for your help! Welcome. > I understand that, OK. > what if the client exe resides in the server, > could that have access to the client's printer etc? Absolutely not. Signaturehttp://www.markrae.net Someone suggested that I should use activex, can somebody provide me with some hints, example or whatever would help me? > Someone suggested that I should use activex, > > can somebody provide me with some hints, example or whatever would help > me? Without wishing to be too dismissive or discouraging, you're completely wasting your time with this... Yes, it *would* be possible to write an ActiveX control (or Java applet) which would do what you want, no-one with any sense would ever use it because of the huge potential security risk involved. Think about it - would *you* allow a website to download a piece of software onto your machine which would allow it to run executables locally...? I sure as hell wouldn't! Signaturehttp://www.markrae.net some hints please? regarding activex... (I can talik over to the client and tell him config to allow access for my activex) > some hints please? regarding activex... What do you want to know, specifically...? http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/dsandor/ActiveXInNet11102005040748AM/Act iveXInNet.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/En-US/library/aa752035.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms885903.aspx http://www.dosadi.com/ax_design_notes.htm http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa231196(VS.60).aspx http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=243024&SiteID=1 http://www.experts-exchange.com/Security/Misc/Q_21378058.html > (I can talk over to the client and tell him config to allow access for my > activex) Maybe a better approach would be for you to explain to the group exactly what your requirements are, and maybe we can come up with a better solution... SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net > Maybe a better approach would be for you to explain to the group exactly > what your requirements are, and maybe we can come up with a better > solution... I guess you're right (obviously...), well, my asp.net 2005 website (which would be run from a partner's store eventually), sells goods, and the partner needs to know when sth is sold and print his own receipt for the money he collects automatically (because his employees might forget to do so), that receipt is printed using his own client exe app, and he suggested that I should launch his exe from my web site! So, what do you guys suggest? Thanks in advance (once more...)! > I guess you're right (obviously...), > well, my asp.net 2005 website [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > So, what do you guys suggest? Does your client *really* need to receive printed hard-copy receipts in real-time...? What is the purpose of these receipts, other than to give to the customer making the purchase? Surely you are using some sort of database to track stock and record sales etc...? Does he even need to receive printed receipts at all? Would a simple web page showing sales against time not be enough for him? What exactly is "his own client exe app"...? How does it work? How does it know what to print? When an employee makes a sale, how does the receipt get printed...? SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net > Does your client *really* need to receive printed hard-copy receipts in > real-time...? >What is the purpose of these receipts, other than to give to > the customer making the purchase? Yes, for taxation office purposes. So, this is the only way that an employee will not forget to print this crucial document. > Surely you are using some sort of database > to track stock and record sales etc...? Yes, of course. > Does he even need to receive printed receipts at all? Would a simple web > page showing sales against time not be enough for him? No, in our country, we need to print and give the receipt to the customer in the store. > What exactly is "his own client exe app"...? How does it work? How does it > know what to print? When an employee makes a sale, how does the receipt get > printed...? My website (or webservice etc...) would pass his that data to this client app. >> Does your client *really* need to receive printed hard-copy receipts in >> real-time...? [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > My website (or webservice etc...) would pass his that data to this client > app. Hmm... In that case, I'd have to say that I almost certainly wouldn't have used a browser-based system for this, as it sounds very much like an EPOS app i.e. a dedicated "terminal" at each store which records the sale, sends it (over the Internet) to the head office database, and prints the receipt automatically... I'd almost certainly have used a WinForms app for this because it's an enclosed system, and because of the slightly unusual printing requirements... That said, you might be able to use Windows Scripting Host to talk to the printing exe and send it the data to print... http://www.thescarms.com/VBasic/WshRegWait.aspx However, this would involve the same security problems as creating a bespoke ActiveX control... SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net Hi, If you are using .NET version 2 then you can go for Click Once Deployment.ClickOnce, part of version 2.0 of the Microsoft® .NET Framework, allows you to deploy Windows-based rich client apps to a desktop by placing the application files on a Web or file server accessible to the client and providing the user with a link.For more details refer below links: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t71a733d(VS.80).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/05/ClickOnce/ Search for "click once deployment c#" in google and you will get further links SignatureHope this helps. Thanks and Regards. Manish Bafna. MCP and MCTS. > Hi guys! > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Thanks in advance!
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