running another client side program with in my HTML

[jimneely]

Have a question.

I have a program running on my desktop that is client side of a program. Is it possible to run something like this on a Web Site??? Or at least run the program from the Web Site.

It is a C+ program that installs the client on your desktop for use.

I'm thinking not but what someone who know for sure to tell me.

Thanks for any input you my have.

[requinix]

To the question you asked, kinda. To the question I think you're trying to ask, no.

 

It is possible for a web server to run things like "programs". They run on the server itself. It is not possible for the server to cause a program to run on the client. That would be really, really bad.

 

There are workarounds for very specific environments, like Windows domains when people are using Internet Explorer/Edge, not to mention completely unrelated mechanisms like a network-local server remotely running commands on the client machine itself, but that's something else.

[jimneely]

Thanks