[WEB4LIB] Running Folio 4 databases from a web page (via a li nk, of course)

[Dobbs, Aaron]

file:///%systemroot%/system32/command.exe (9x executable)
file:///%systemroot%/system32/cmd.exe (NT executable)

If your email is set to "paranoidly high" (my phrase) the link won't work;
copy & paste into your browser & get a command prompt.  Whee!  you can also
put this in a web page and point to any executable.  Nota Bene:  If the
executable doesn't exist on the local machine it will not work and an error
will be displayed.

The format is file:/// (yes 3 slashes) <path>  i.e.
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE for NT based boxen or
C:\windows\system32\command.exe for Win 9x based boxen.  Forward slashes
suggested, but either kind work after the initial 3 forward slashes.  

If you want it to work on custom installations, substitute %systemroot% as I
did in my example.  (You will need to know which executable to call.  It's
OS dependent.

-Aaron
:-)'

PS 1 4/\/\/ n07 4|\| 31337 |-|4X0R

"Teach a fish to man, and suddenly he's a UNIX expert." 


-----Original Message-----
From: DCammack at Loeb.com [mailto:DCammack at Loeb.com]
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 4:55 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Running Folio 4 databases from a web page (via a
link, of course)


I am looking for a way to either encode a local machine's command line into
a html link to run various software databases (such as Folio 3 and 4) or
find a product that will launch the application via some sort of weblink.
I have checked out the archives, none of the products I located in the
archives fit my needs.  I do not want to change our Windows shell or
browser.  We are tied to 98SE (soon updating to WIN2K) and IE 6.

If you have any information on this topic, please either post to the list
or answer to me personally.

Thanks,

David Cammack
Electronic Services Librarian
Loeb & Loeb LLP
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2200
Los Angeles, CA  90067
dcammack at loeb.com
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