Re: Are calling COM applications a trojan?

Then, how can it open a words document on the client side? ----- Original Message ----- From: Delbono <delbono@dsc.it> To: Zeus <techzeus@pacific.net.sg> Sent: Wednesday, 11 April, 2001 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Are calling COM applications a trojan? > Com Apps, are not called on a client side. > Actually, if you print out the version of the com application, it displays > the version of the software installed on the server, not the one on the > client. > > If I have Word2000 on m local PC and on the server I have Word97, > > a script taht prints App.Version, will print MSWord97. > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 10:26 AM > Subject: [PHP] Are calling COM applications a trojan? > > > I'm sure many of you seasoned developers have used COM before (not necessary > with PHP) but if PHP is a server-side language, how can it call a program on > the client to open. Isn't it as deadly as a hacker opening your computer? > > Lets see some sides :) > > ------------------------------------------ > David Chua aka. Zeus > Founder, Frozened.com > ------------------------------------------ > > >