Re: Are calling COM applications a trojan?

download dialog? what will be in that dialog box? And, I read a book saying that you can open a word document on the client side and insert words in it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Pierre-Yves Lemaire <py@e-medhosting.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, 11 April, 2001 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Are calling COM applications a trojan? > > It can't. > If you put the appropriate header type (ms-word in this case), IE will open > word. Netscape > and other browser will open a download dialog box of the document. > > py > > > At 04:57 PM 4/11/01 +0800, you wrote: > >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 > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > + ====================== > + Pierre-Yves Lem@ire > + E-MedHosting.com > + (514) 729-8100 > + pylem@sympatico.ca > + ====================== > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >