Launch an application in Javascript

[locbtran]

If I want to launch an application in DOS, it is START notepad.exe

How do I launch an application in javascript?


thanks

[locbtran]

I'm only using this on my local host and not on the internet. I tried something like this, it works for notepad or calc.

var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
WshShell.Exec("notepad.exe");

It does not work if I launch a non built in MS application.

var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
WshShell.Exec("d:\hjsplit.exe");

Any comments or suggestions is greatly

[jscheuer1]

That's (highlighted) a string and the \ is the escape character, so:

WshShell.Exec("d:\hjsplit.exe");

looks like:

WshShell.Exec("d:hjsplit.exe");

to the browser. Just escape the escape:

var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
WshShell.Exec("d:\\hjsplit.exe");