Can We Call a VB Standard EXE from ASP page

**Rajesh M** · February 28th, 2003, 01:46 AM

Can We Call a VB Standard EXE from ASP page ?

**WizBang** · February 28th, 2003, 05:20 AM

If you have the exe registered on the server, then you probably can on the server side. If you want to do it client-side, then you are really out of luck, unless you have the user click on a file that opens in a particular program or something, but that may open a dialog, and you can't control what program they have associated with the file type.

**anuvb** · March 1st, 2003, 04:37 AM

hello WizBang

Can you plz elaborate on that,I'm trying to do just the same and it would be helpful if you could tell me some more on the topic.

Have a nice day

anuvb

**WizBang** · March 1st, 2003, 11:50 AM

You will need permission from your Web hosting service in order to do it. They will have to register it before you can use it. Then it will be available like any other component you use in ASP.

**Cimperiali** · March 2nd, 2003, 09:07 AM

Once I did it this way:
From asp pages -> to a com+ component (=a dll under Mts);
from the Dll component shelled to exe standard. BUt rebember: user from asp page will not interact with standard exe. You should use this last one for batch purpouses only...

**DeivaGanesh** · March 4th, 2003, 07:09 AM

if u want to use the standard exe in ur server..

use the wscript object

set WshShell = server.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

wshShell.Run <the entirecommad line like argument>

which includes the total physical path and the command line arguments if any u like to pass to the exe.

hope this helps

**Cimperiali** · March 4th, 2003, 10:01 AM

..to make it work in a Vbs file:

Code:

Dim WshShell
'remove the "server." part to run this clientside
set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 
'this is path to notepad in win2k
'You should have enough priviledges to run it...
WshShell.Run "c:\winnt\system32\notepad.exe"
set WshShell= nothing

Good answer, DeivaGanesh. 5 stars for you.
Cesare Imperiali

**coder1982** · August 16th, 2007, 05:34 PM

This is a pretty old post but I guess I'll ask anyway. I tried to execute an .exe from my asp page using the Wscript.Shell method but it doesn't seem to work right. It's not throwing an error and the taskmanager says that the program is running buy it doesn't actually appear on the desktop and it doesn't execute the code in the exe.

I've tried to set permissions on the iusr and iwam accounts, actually i've given full control to everything but it still doesn't work.

Any ideas?

**Thread1** · August 16th, 2007, 10:47 PM

are you trying to run an EXE on the server or on the client?

**Shuja Ali** · August 17th, 2007, 01:42 AM

Well it is working. However it is working under a different account. This is not the right way of doing this. You would rather create an ActiveX Exe and then use it. What exactly does this EXE do?

**RITIK** · January 16th, 2008, 09:20 AM

hi all,

First of thanxs for this thread.I could now run my VB exe through ASp code.

Code:

 
<html> 
<head> 
<script language="VBScript"> 
	Sub Scan 
		Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
 
		'objShell.Run "C:\Prjtracker.exe"
		objshell.Exec "C:\Prjtracker.exe" 
 
	End Sub
</script> 
</head> 
<body> 
<button onclick="Scan">Click</button> <p>
</body> 
</html>

i want to pass username & password in prjtracker.exe then how can i do that using Wscript.Shell or is there any other way?

**WizBang** · January 16th, 2008, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by RITIK

i want to pass username & password in prjtracker.exe then how can i do that using Wscript.Shell or is there any other way?

If Wscript.Shell operates the same as VB's Shell, then here's the first thing I'd try:

Code:

"C:\MyProgram.exe """ & "name=" & username & "&pass=" & password & """"

This obviously uses an equals sign to denote where the data is, and an ampersand as a delimiter. What you use in your program is up to you.

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