calling .exe from asp.net c#

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vishwanath.yr

Hi all,
I'm using visual web developer to develop my asp.net applications. The
requirement is to call an executable file from one of the aspx pages on
the click event of a button.
The good news is that I've achieved it using the process class
function and it runs fine when I start debugging from the Visual web
developer environment.
Here comes the bad news. When I deploy this page on localhost and
click on the button, the desired process starts < I can say this
because it's there in the task manager's process tab > but the console
application <window> is not displayed. < Also the application tab of
the task manager doesn't have this exe file shown >

My observation:
When I run the page with Visual Web Developer environment, the invoked
application runs with my user-name against it. But when I run the page
after deploying at the local-host, it runs with ASPNET user-name
against it.

My tries:
I tried to load window's user profile and tried to run it... It loaded
the process with my user-name alright, but it abruptly ended with a
0x00000142 error < I aint sure about the number of 0s it has :) > I
looked up in Google and found that this error has to do something with
user.dll

Please Help :( :
Now you know what kind of mess I'm in, please try and help me get out
of this.
 
This is simply not possible, due to the security aspects of every browser
made. You can run some ActiveX controls on the client browser (if you're
lucky and the user allows it). You can run a Flash swf on the client browser
(usually, unless the user doesn't allow it). But you *can't* run an
executable program from the client browser. Period.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Development Numbskull

Nyuck nyuck nyuck
 
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