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  • teenIce
    New Member
    • Aug 2007
    • 36
    #1

    Problem in Firefox

    I have a htm files that when it opens it call an exe in the program files. My problem is it runs fine in IE but it execute nothing in Firefox.I don't know what's wrong, before this it runs fine with both browser.

    [HTML]<body bgcolor="#FFFFF F" text="#000000" onLoad="locatio n.href='MyExe:' ;" onBlur="javascr ipt:window.clos e();">[/HTML]
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    • dmjpro
      Top Contributor
      • Jan 2007
      • 2476
      #2
      Originally posted by teenIce
      I have a htm files that when it opens it call an exe in the program files. My problem is it runs fine in IE but it execute nothing in Firefox.I don't know what's wrong, before this it runs fine with both browser.

      [HTML]<body bgcolor="#FFFFF F" text="#000000" onLoad="locatio n.href='MyExe:' ;" onBlur="javascr ipt:window.clos e();">[/HTML]
      May .exe file moved.
      Make sure that the path is Ok or not :-)

      Kind regards,
      Dmjpro.

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        • teenIce
          New Member
          • Aug 2007
          • 36
          #3
          The path to EXE is ok..When I view using IE the code works perfectly fine.I dont know what's wrong with firefox.

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            • dmjpro
              Top Contributor
              • Jan 2007
              • 2476
              #4
              Originally posted by teenIce
              The path to EXE is ok..When I view using IE the code works perfectly fine.I dont know what's wrong with firefox.
              May be some problems with Firefox Settings.

              Kind regards,
              Dmjpro.

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                • teenIce
                  New Member
                  • Aug 2007
                  • 36
                  #5
                  Can you give me some suggestion? I don't know where to begin..

                  thanks.

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                    • dmjpro
                      Top Contributor
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 2476
                      #6
                      Originally posted by teenIce
                      Can you give me some suggestion? I don't know where to begin..

                      thanks.
                      Sorry!
                      I also don't know :-)
                      It may seem to me that some Settings required to open an application.
                      Wait for another experts to help you :-)

                      Kind regards,
                      Dmjpro.

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                        • gits
                          Recognized Expert Moderator Expert
                          • May 2007
                          • 5388
                          #7
                          hi ...

                          what is 'MyExe:'? ... in case this is a executable what should the browser do with it?

                          kind regards

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                            • teenIce
                              New Member
                              • Aug 2007
                              • 36
                              #8
                              Hi,
                              MyExe is the program in user computer that I want to launch using browser. User must install this exe first.I build myExe using Visual Basic.

                              Thanks

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                                • gits
                                  Recognized Expert Moderator Expert
                                  • May 2007
                                  • 5388
                                  #9
                                  hmmm ...

                                  do you have set 'file:///' as protocol? how do you know that the user will have the same path to the MyExe? ... and Firefox will not execute the application ... it will ask you whether to save it or not ... this is for security-reasons ...

                                  kind regards

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                                    • teenIce
                                      New Member
                                      • Aug 2007
                                      • 36
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by gits
                                      hmmm ...

                                      do you have set 'file:///' as protocol? how do you know that the user will have the same path to the MyExe? ... and Firefox will not execute the application ... it will ask you whether to save it or not ... this is for security-reasons ...

                                      kind regards
                                      what do you mean by setting the "file:///" protocol?I had try to view the page by IE and it runs smoothly, so the path to MyExe is ok...The Exe is already in user computer, they had to install it first. What I want to do just to call the exe from the browser.

                                      Thanks

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                                        • gits
                                          Recognized Expert Moderator Expert
                                          • May 2007
                                          • 5388
                                          #11
                                          ... as i said - firefox will not allow you to call an executable ... imagine that a website calls an exe on your computer ... nobody really wants that ... and for security reasons a good browser doesn't allow that ...

                                          kind regards

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                                            • teenIce
                                              New Member
                                              • Aug 2007
                                              • 36
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by gits
                                              ... as i said - firefox will not allow you to call an executable ... imagine that a website calls an exe on your computer ... nobody really wants that ... and for security reasons a good browser doesn't allow that ...

                                              kind regards

                                              hmm....can I reverse that?and I don't want firefox to execute it. I just want the browser to call the exe and ask the user to launch it like IE.

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                                                • gits
                                                  Recognized Expert Moderator Expert
                                                  • May 2007
                                                  • 5388
                                                  #13
                                                  so you would need the file://-protocol that i mentioned ... try to open the file through the file-menu of firefox (then in the address-bar you will see what location you have to set) ... and you will see what happens. as far as i know you only get the option to download the exe ...

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