Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 11/24/06 14:36

First, turn off HTML formatting in newgroups.

Xplanes wrote:
> I'm trying to make a link in an HTML document hosted on the web that
> will launch a program on the client's computer that they already have
> installed. I can point it to the program's exe file with a parameter
> set but it asks permission to run a program.

Wow, not that's a scary thought! No, think of the security implications.


> What I want to do is have someone click a link on our website and launch
> a game they have installed and have it join our server at a certain IP
> addy. This works as a desktop shortcut, but I am not having luck
> launching it from an Internet link.


Normally it works the other way around, You have a game that is a local
app and while you are running it locally within the game you connect to
the remote server, not the other way around. Done this way for the same
security reasons


> Any ideas where I can look for answers? The pop up scares people off so
> I am trying to avoid that.

As it should. Do a little searching on this NG and you will see ample
like questions with similar answers.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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