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Opening desktop application in web application page

I have a desktop application which needs to be opened when a link in the browser application page is clicked. i am using below mentioned way to open it windows application

Dim connectionProcessStartInfo As New ProcessStartInfo("cmd.exe ", String.Format("/K {0} & {1} & {2} ", _
"C:", " Cd C:\xxxxx", " abc.exe " & m_hosptnoplab))

connectionProcessStartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden
Process.Start(connectionProcessStartInfo)

I need to open the same application in the browser when the link in the web page is clicked

Scott McDaniel (EE MVE )

When you say "in a webpage", do you mean you actually want to open a desktop app in the browser? If so, then I don't know of any way to do that short of opening some sort of RDS connection to a desktop, and launching the application in that RDS session. You could "embed" that session in a browser window (sort of like JoinMe and others do), but that's about as close as you could get.

Perhaps someone else has a way ...

vensali

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Not exactly. just need a mechanism to launch windows application application exe from web application. it does not have to open in browser

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Eric B

This can be done with Windows Remote Desktop Services. You will need RDS cals however as it is not part of the standard Windows License.