If you're looking to run a program on the server,
CFEXECUTE works fine.
If you want to run a program on the CLIENT's computer,
well that's definitely a security risk. There's no built-
in feature. You'd have to write up an ActiveX control or
something similar, then promise all your users that it's
in fact safe.
On the other hand, you can still "run" MS Word. Simply
send the user a file with extension .DOC, and Word should
automatically open. if the user is using Netscape, they'll
have to first save the file, then open it by hand.
If you want the file to be dynamic, you can use CFCONTENT.
Norman Elton
-- Original Message --
is there a cutsom tag or a cf tag that would allow me to
execute a program from a web browser? like could i run
notepad or word thru the web browser?
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