RE: [WEB400] Web Facing HTML question

["Haas, Matt" <Matt.Haas@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nick,

Try taking "javascript:" out of your onclick for the button. Also, you should 
have that button within a form.

Also, you may want to use a Mozilla based browser for debugging JavaScript 
problems. IE stinks for trying to figure these problems out. I realize that 
what you're doing is IE specific but you could just have your function pop up 
an alert box for purposes of testing.

Finally, you'll never see client side issues in your server logs.

Matt
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Mart [mailto:nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 3:15 PM
To: Web 400
Subject: [WEB400] Web Facing HTML question


I am attempting to launch a PC application from a Web Faced screen. I am
able to do this with the follow html coding.

 

<script language="JavaScript">

function launchApp(strCmdLine) {var obj = new
ActiveXObject("LaunchinIE.Launch"); obj.LaunchApplication(strCmdLine);} 

</script>

            

<a
href="javascript:launchApp('c:\\program%20files\\microsoft%20office\\office1
1\\winword.exe')">Launch Word!</a>

 

The problem being is that this produces a link and they want a button. I
have tried the following without success.

 

<script language="JavaScript">

function launchApp(strCmdLine) {var obj = new
ActiveXObject("LaunchinIE.Launch"); obj.LaunchApplication(strCmdLine);} 

</script>

 

<INPUT TYPE="button"
onClick="javascript:launchApp('c:\\program%20files\\microsoft%20office\\offi
ce11\\winword.exe')">

 

This does produce a button on the web screen. However, it does nothing. The
logs do not show any errors. Any suggestions?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Nick W. Mart

Programmer Analyst

Solutions, Inc.

2311 West 18th Street

PO Box 857

Spencer, IA 51301

 

712-262-4520  ext. 28

 

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