Launch SC via browser while bypassing Download Dialog Box?

[amn0270]

I use SC for my customers. They simply click on a link to the exe file on my website to activate but then they get the option to run or save to disk. This is fine with those users using Internet Explorer because I simply tell them to hit Run. Problem is with Firefox and some other browsers, for security reasons I guess it only offers the option to Save To Disk. What I want to do is be able to simply have them click the link and have SC run itself, regardless of browser. Is there any way to do this. Basically to overide the prompt to download to save. Maybe with Javascript or some altered form of an EXE file? I know the big companies like WebEx who offer remote access software seem to somehow use I guess Java or something and eliminate the download prompt of the browser and just execute their software. Any ideas?

[LoopZ]

What I want to do is be able to simply have them click the link and have SC run itself, regardless of browser. Is there any way to do this. Basically to overide the prompt to download to save. Maybe with Javascript or some altered form of an EXE file? I know the big companies like WebEx who offer remote access software seem to somehow use I guess Java or something and eliminate the download prompt of the browser and just execute their software. Any ideas?

I use webstart. Here is description from website.
DualDesk WebStart v2.1 - Released as Freeware April 29, 2006. This is used to run any program directly from a website instead of saving it to disk or having to load a web browser.

http://www.dualdesk.com/free

Hope this helps.

[amn0270]

I use webstart. Here is description from website.
DualDesk WebStart v2.1 - Released as Freeware April 29, 2006. This is used to run any program directly from a website instead of saving it to disk or having to load a web browser.

http://www.dualdesk.com/free

Hope this helps.

Thank you for the reply but the Dualdesk utility must already be on the persons machine for this to work. I do like what it does but it does not fit my particular need. I want something that does not require anything to be preloaded. Thats why I like SC to begin with. I just want to eliminate the step of seeing the prompt to download or save and depending on settings some browsers may only allow to save (i.e. AOL, Firefox). If they only get prompted to Save then I have to figure out where my customer saved the SC file to so I can then have him launch it. This is a hassle with the more novice computer users. It not that important since I get most users to use IE to access my website and it virutally always offers the prompt to RUN. This is just something I would like to implement if possible and free. Maybe using some sort of javascript code.

Thanks anyway though,
Adam

[LoopZ]

[quote="amn0270Thank you for the reply but the Dualdesk utility must already be on the persons machine for this to work. I do like what it does but it does not fit my particular need. I want something that does not require anything to be preloaded.[/quote]

I ran across somthing like that on a CGI or PHP website. It was for doing live updates and should be able to be configured to run SC but I'm not a code guru so I don't know for sure. I'll see if I can find it for you.

[amn0270]

I ran across somthing like that on a CGI or PHP website. It was for doing live updates and should be able to be configured to run SC but I'm not a code guru so I don't know for sure. I'll see if I can find it for you.

Thanks, I would appreciate it