system command fro internet browser
Hello,
I'm solving a problem and I'm stucked. Is it possible after clicking on the link on the webpage call a system command? I have placed a picture on the page. This same picture I have in Postscript format. Now I want to click on the link and call a system command: "lpr -P -S subor.ps".
Webpage is local and isn't on a server and contains only basic html code without php and likewise. And I also need it to work on linux/unix/windows. Is there any possibility to do it?
Thanks in advance
Boris
kb posted this at 19:38 — 9th June 2006.
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Why would you want to do this? Also (but I might be wrong), isn't this exactly what the security experts who work on browsers try to prevent? I would almost bet this isn't possible, as it smells like a virus situation to me.
02bunced posted this at 13:35 — 11th June 2006.
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lpr is surely a Linux only command
Can't you just use javascript for the window.print()
Neutron2k posted this at 15:14 — 11th June 2006.
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you cannot execute files or commands from a static html page.
All things like that are server side and a security risk.
sorry.
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