FSCommand, execute external program

[Tonio34 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hi,
i have a problem i wish to submit to you.
i have created a graphic application on Flash MX, working on a browser.
My customer use old printers that can't be recognized by windows so he need to use an external exe to send flash generated txt file on the printer.
I need to call from my flash app (swf on browser) this exe with params so i will be able to print some content on that damn printer.
The problem is that i read that fscommand(exec) doesnt works from browser,
so i am asking : is there ANY solution (javascript, vbscript, flash or other) that can help me so my customer can call a local exe from a browser?

if anyone have clues, that will be great.

Thanks
Tonio

[Uritsukidoji]

Only if its situated in the ./FSCOMMAND directory relative to your SWF


"Tonio34" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> Hi,
> i have a problem i wish to submit to you.
> i have created a graphic application on Flash MX, working on a browser.
> My customer use old printers that can't be recognized by windows so he need to use an external exe to send flash generated txt file on the printer.
> I need to call from my flash app (swf on browser) this exe with params so i will be able to print some content on that damn printer.
> The problem is that i read that fscommand(exec) doesnt works from browser,
> so i am asking : is there ANY solution (javascript, vbscript, flash or other) that can help me so my customer can call a local exe from a browser?
>
> if anyone have clues, that will be great.
>
> Thanks
> Tonio
>
>
>
>

[FlashJester Support Team]

Impossible from a browser has to be from a projector file, due to secuirty
risks.


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[Major_Cooke]

You can't call local program from a web application.
It is normal security measure.

But you can let SWF file communicate with the server (Tomcat, WAS, Glassfish,...etc)
Then let the server upload/download data into the local.

Or you can use AIR on the local to load SWF from server-side into local
then work on it as EXE file. (Call other apps, read/write data...)