Guest macduder83 Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Ok, I have to somehow create a link on a users desktop which links out to a portal. The app has to take some input from the user, create the link with an icon. So far I bet you're thinking an exe or simple install project... easier said than done, the website where this thing gets downloaded or run needs to pass an argument to the exe or installer, which will end up being a parameter in said link.... I thought .. ActiveX, however that's a technology that is being phased out and would prefer to avoid using it, not to mention trust issues... If anyone has done anything like this drop me a hint. I have a few ideas thus far but Im wondering if theres a better way to do it.
Guest Mike Lowery Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Installing a link on a desktop from a webform. "macduder83" <adrian.pavelescu@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1187704435.670089.157700@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > Ok, I have to somehow create a link on a users desktop which links out > to a portal. The app has to take some input from the user, create the > link with an icon. So far I bet you're thinking an exe or simple > install project... easier said than done, the website where this thing > gets downloaded or run needs to pass an argument to the exe or > installer, which will end up being a parameter in said link.... > > I thought .. ActiveX, however that's a technology that is being phased > out and would prefer to avoid using it, not to mention trust issues... > If anyone has done anything like this drop me a hint. I have a few > ideas thus far but Im wondering if theres a better way to do it. Browsers aren't allowed to modify the desktop of client computers. You'll need to use ActiveX or have them run a downloaded program.
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