title: run exe file which is installed on the client machine from the web browser
body: <p>I have a small exe file written in VB.NET which connects to database, gets the last row and send the information to the printer. It is just a small part of a program but it uses special font and also calculates the widths for the printer.</p>
  
  <p>I've developed the same program with PHP. Now almost every functionality of it is same wirh the windows based program. But the printing results of the web browser can't be same as I get with the exe file. So I want to just send a paramater to the exe file and run it. (with a javascript call or else) Exe file is on the client machine and I will know where it is the located.</p>
  
  <p>Can you suggest me a way to do that.
  I read that this is possible using dll or ocx.</p>
  
  <p>I'm not familiar developing browser plugins.
  Is there a tutorial or book for that?
  Thanks in advance.</p>