Help with Front Page to run an app on the server…

[aban]

Hi,

I want to run a DOS based training application from web using Front Page or
similar product on the server. Is it possible or not? Or I have to use .NET
Web App?

Any help or suggestion would be very much appreciated.

Regards

 

[Kevin Spencer]

I want to run a DOS based training application from web using Front Page
or

similar product on the server. Is it possible or not? Or I have to use ..NET
Web App?

Any help or suggestion would be very much appreciated.

If you could do that, there would be no need for HTTP and HTML.

You must understand that a web browser is a tool for downloading files from
URLs. If they are HTML, XML, or a few others, the browser can also display
them as they were meant to be displayed. A browser can NOT run programs. And
it certainly can't run a Command-Line program which resides on the web
server. Browsers can also host a few specific types of applications,
including (IE only) ActiveX Controls, Java Applets, and SWFs. Even then, the
browser is only hosting the app, not running it.

Okay, now we know what you cannot do. So, we need to back up a bit in our
problem-solving. the idea you posted here is your own solution to a problem
which you did not post. If you post your business requirements (don't say a
word about HTML or web pages, only what tasks the app needs to perform), we
should be able to help you figure out a solution that CAN work.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living

 

[aban]

Thanks for reply.

Basically school wants to make their DOS based training program available to
students via internet.

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[Kevin Spencer]

Probably not possible. If the DOS executable has no external dependencies,
such as data files, DLLs, etc, it could conceivably be downloaded by the
user and executed on the client machine by simply linking to it in a
directory which allows the downloading of executables. However, I would
strongly suspect that such an app has external dependencies. If so, your
only alternative is to re-write your DOS-based training program as an ASP or
ASP.net application.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living

 

[aban]

Thanks

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Probably not possible. If the DOS executable has no external dependencies,
such as data files, DLLs, etc, it could conceivably be downloaded by the
user and executed on the client machine by simply linking to it in a
directory which allows the downloading of executables. However, I would
strongly suspect that such an app has external dependencies. If so, your
only alternative is to re-write your DOS-based training program as an ASP or
ASP.net application.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living