How to open a file on a remote computer?

[mike]

How to open a file on a remote computer?

I'm sitting at the console of computer A.
Computer B is on my network.

I can navigate to computer B, click a link, and
computer A does whatever it would have done with the
link or file just as if it had been local to A.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT TO DO.

I want to sit at the console of computer A.
I want to navigate to a file elsewhere on the network
or drag a link out of my browser window.
I want the file to open on computer B exactly as it
would have if I'd clicked the link from the console
of computer B.

What does it take to do this?
Something like "send to" on the right-click context
menu would be a reasonable user interface.

I have a program called CQPhone that has this capability.
I can drag a URL to the phone icon and that url opens
on the remote computer display in a browser window. Same
thing works for displaying pictures. Problem is that it's
an IP Phone and needs to connect to a server to set itself up.
I'm sitting behind a NAT router with port forwarding. I can't
figure out how to get two local instances of the program connected
at the same time.

What are my options?
Thanks, mike

 

[Anteaus]

Two options: you could take control of the remote computer's desktop using
Remote Desktop or VNC - Or you could install a service on the remote computer
which allows programs to be launched by remote command.

http://beyondlogic.org/consulting/remoteprocess/BeyondExec.htm

Either way, watch the security aspects.