   using html <object> to embed exe files?
  hello,   im trying to figure out how to embed a computer program ( win xp 32-bit executable ) into an html page. the user should get a warning asking to download and run the program ( and im going to use verisign too so they''ll know its safeworthy ), and then their browser should download and immediately run the program.   ive looked and it seems you use the <object> html tag, but i dont want to use activeX or java, and i dont want the program running in a box in the browser. i would ask the user to download and run the program, but im trying to make it as easy as possible for them. they load a page, get asked to trust my company, and then the browser downloads and runs the program for them.   anybody done anything like this before? - jeremiah   inlovewithGod.com
  If you don''t want to use ActiveX or Java, what do you think you will be using? AFAIK you can''t just write an executable and be prompted to download and run in the way that you''re proposing.   MindEngine Developmenthttp://medev.sourceforge.net;  You''d want a signed ActiveX or Java control. Running EXEs in something like an IFRAME is pretty much locked down by default in the Internet zone of IE I think. ;  Also, an activex object doesn''t have to run inside the page as far as I know.   MindEngine Developmenthttp://medev.sourceforge.net;  Thats right, my fault. Think of stuff like browser plug-in installers. ;  Erm...why can''t the user just d/l & install the program himself ?I guess if you wanted to automatically install something you could have an activex to d/l, install & exec the program (I assume this is what MS do for the IE based windows update [w2k at least]) - although I''d be careful about how people will take to it. 