activating a remote executable

[Moppy]

Can anyone help

How do I activate a exicutable program on a remote network via a html page,
is it just a case of typing the name and accessing it like you do another
web page or a cgi script, eg
<A HREF="http://anetwork.somewhere.com/directory1/directory2/executable">

The program needs to be activated on the remote network via html page, to
run on the remote network and generate scripts for a html page in a similar
way to cgi

can someone help?
Thanks in advance

[Paul Clapham]

You can't run a program on someone else's system without their cooperation
(fortunately!). There are probably several ways to do that, but the easiest
(for you) may be to have them set that program up to run as a CGI program,
then you can use that HTML code to execute it. Note that the program needs
to return an HTTP response, or you will get an error in your browser.

PC2

"Moppy" <djavro@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3ac7d68b$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Can anyone help
>
> How do I activate a exicutable program on a remote network via a html
page,
> is it just a case of typing the name and accessing it like you do another
> web page or a cgi script, eg
> <A HREF="http://anetwork.somewhere.com/directory1/directory2/executable">
>
> The program needs to be activated on the remote network via html page, to
> run on the remote network and generate scripts for a html page in a
similar
> way to cgi
>
> can someone help?
> Thanks in advance

[Moppy]

Thanks Paul for your help
figure It would be something like that
Moppy

"Paul Clapham" <pclapham@core-mark.com> wrote:
>You can't run a program on someone else's system without their cooperation
>(fortunately!). There are probably several ways to do that, but the easiest
>(for you) may be to have them set that program up to run as a CGI program,
>then you can use that HTML code to execute it. Note that the program needs
>to return an HTTP response, or you will get an error in your browser.
>
>PC2
>
>"Moppy" <djavro@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:3ac7d68b$1@news.devx.com...
>>
>> Can anyone help
>>
>> How do I activate a exicutable program on a remote network via a html
>page,
>> is it just a case of typing the name and accessing it like you do another
>> web page or a cgi script, eg
>> <A HREF="http://anetwork.somewhere.com/directory1/directory2/executable">
>>
>> The program needs to be activated on the remote network via html page,
to
>> run on the remote network and generate scripts for a html page in a
>similar
>> way to cgi
>>
>> can someone help?
>> Thanks in advance
>
>

[Moppy]

Thanks PC2 for your help
figure It would be something like that
Moppy

"Paul Clapham" <pclapham@core-mark.com> wrote:
>You can't run a program on someone else's system without their cooperation
>(fortunately!). There are probably several ways to do that, but the easiest
>(for you) may be to have them set that program up to run as a CGI program,
>then you can use that HTML code to execute it. Note that the program needs
>to return an HTTP response, or you will get an error in your browser.
>
>PC2
>
>"Moppy" <djavro@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:3ac7d68b$1@news.devx.com...
>>
>> Can anyone help
>>
>> How do I activate a exicutable program on a remote network via a html
>page,
>> is it just a case of typing the name and accessing it like you do another
>> web page or a cgi script, eg
>> <A HREF="http://anetwork.somewhere.com/directory1/directory2/executable">
>>
>> The program needs to be activated on the remote network via html page,
to
>> run on the remote network and generate scripts for a html page in a
>similar
>> way to cgi
>>
>> can someone help?
>> Thanks in advance
>
>

[Mark]

Moppy,
You might also try servlets.
Mark

"Moppy" <djavro@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Can anyone help
>
>How do I activate a exicutable program on a remote network via a html page,
>is it just a case of typing the name and accessing it like you do another
>web page or a cgi script, eg
><A HREF="http://anetwork.somewhere.com/directory1/directory2/executable">
>
>The program needs to be activated on the remote network via html page, to
>run on the remote network and generate scripts for a html page in a similar
>way to cgi
>
>can someone help?
>Thanks in advance