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call installed programs in vaadin application

kyoungjoo son
10 years ago Mar 05, 2012 5:44am

hi there,

are there any ways to call installed programs in vaadin application?
"installed program" means which are located in %\Program files\% in Microsoft windows.

my customer wants to call messenger program like skype or windows messenger in the application.

thanks.

Last updated on Mar, 5th 2012
Danny Roest
10 years ago Mar 05, 2012 6:54am

No, this would be a very big security risk to run applications on the client. On the server however, it is possible

Last updated on Mar, 5th 2012
Zarko Celebic
10 years ago Mar 05, 2012 3:35pm

You can use java applet.

Last updated on Mar, 5th 2012
Henri Sara
10 years ago Mar 12, 2012 1:18pm

kyoungjoo son: my customer wants to call messenger program like skype or windows messenger in the application.

Not exactly this, but Skype does by default install extensions for handling its own URLs so you can trigger a Skype call from a link on a page. Search the web for information on Skype callto links. Maybe Messenger does something similar, I haven't checked it.

For more extensive interaction with external applications, you would probably need native browser plug-ins.