Run an executable file from your browser

Internet Explorer is the only browser which can run executable files. I don't know any other browser which supports this feature. Of course there are common reason why! With IE you need to use VBScript. As we all know it is not secure way of developing web application. So be careful in creating security rules inside your Internet Explorer.

This code shows two examples:


<HTML>
  <HEAD>
  </HEAD>
  <BODY> 
 
 <SCRIPT language = "vbscript">
 'define application
 dim v_prog
 
 'set command
 v_prog = "C:\Programme\7-Zip\7zFM.exe"
 
 'create a shell
 set v_shell = createobject("wscript.shell")

        'run application 
 v_shell.run(v_prog)
 </SCRIPT>
    
 <SCRIPT language = "vbscript">
  'set variables
  dim v_shell
  dim v_return
  dim v_prog
  
  'set command
  v_prog = "%SystemRoot%\system32\ping 192.168.0.1"
  
  'create a shell
  set v_shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
  
  'run application
  v_return = v_shell.Run(v_prog,1,TRUE)
  
  'check return value
  if v_return = 0 then
   MsgBox "Server is up",64,"Server status"
  else
   MsgBox "Server is down",64,"Server status"
  end if
 </SCRIPT>
 
  </BODY>
</HTML>

How to: Visual Basic Scripting - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t0aew7h6%28v=VS.85%29.aspx

Run an executable file from your browser

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