Re: launch app

No way. PHP is server based you can't trigger anything on the client side. Use Javascript, ActiveX, XUL or the like. > What's the best way to send an executable to a client desktop in PHP? > > I'm doing a project where we need to check and see which files need to > be updated on a client-desktop. The idea is for a user to visit the > website, an executable launches, checks the files on the drive, and > then sends the data back to the website. > > It's all on the up and up - I'm not trying to do anything bad to the > user. The site is designed to maintain a product that they're > purchasing from us. Screens will explain what's going on. I also > believe the browser will display something - not completely sure how > to trigger this, but I think it's something to do with having > executables "signed" - I'd appreciate if you have any advice on how to > do this also. > > Thanks, > > Ed