Run an .exe file from within my site.

[Tom Markham]

I offer classes in .exe format, and need to be able to
have my client click on an icon on my site to run a class.
If I put the exe file on a page it wants to download, not
run. How do I run it?

 

[maak]

Hello,

I offer classes in .exe format, and need to be able to
have my client click on an icon on my site to run a
class. If I put the exe file on a page it wants to
download, not run. How do I run it?

FORTUNATELY an .exe-file can not run without asking the
user for permission. What do you think how many viruses
could use this way if it were possible?

If you link the icon to an .exe-file, the user can decide
if he opens or saves the file. Tell him he should open it,
but - of course - there's no guarantee he does.

maak