running cmd line using javacript

[henmar]

I need to run a command to open a windows application using javascript. And I am using below line of code:

WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
WshShell.Run (cmd,0,true);

I execute the cmd and opens the application but the problem is it displays ActiveX warning message and also it doesn't return any value to verify if it was able to execute the cmd successfully.
Please suggest some solution to disable ActiveX warning message using javascript in client machine. And also like to know if there is any other way/fucntion without using ActiveXObject() .

[gits]

you cannot modify ActiveX settings of the browser with javascript - this would be a massive security issue, not at least since ActiveX has some noteworthy security issues itself. imagine a webpage that would execute such things at your machine without notifying you. in case it is a intranet app, then you could manage to set the ActiveX settings in the clients browsers - but that would be an administrative task.

[henmar]

you cannot modify ActiveX settings of the browser with javascript - this would be a massive security issue, not at least since ActiveX has some noteworthy security issues itself. imagine a webpage that would execute such things at your machine without notifying you. in case it is a intranet app, then you could manage to set the ActiveX settings in the clients browsers - but that would be an administrative task.

Thanks gits!

Is there any workaround and avoid using activeX.

[gits]

that depends on the command that you want to have executed ...

[henmar]

that depends on the command that you want to have executed ...

Below lines open a notepad:
var WshShell = new ActiveXObject(" WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run("c md /C notepad", 1, true)
I just want to open an application that allows user to install softwares remotely in place of notepad.

[gits]

i guess then you are out of luck without ActiveX. this will even work with IE only ... so personally i would just let the user download the file and install it for him-/herself ... it would just be a fiddling with uncontrollable settings to create a unreliable install method.

[henmar]

thanks gits, i appreciate it!
I guess i am out of luck.....i even tried creating a HTA and then opening the HTA using window.open(), it again ask user to open or save the application.... ......i guess i just have to put the cmd in a batch file and ask user to dowload and run the cmd.
Thanks again!