I want to open any custom application say VLC Player or any other installed application in the system through HTML page. I have tried WScript.shell technique but no luck.
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There are no standards-based browser API's to do this, and with good reason. – Alexander O'Mara Nov 07 '14 at 05:13
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Can you share the code you have tried from the WScript.shell technique? – Jason W Nov 07 '14 at 05:16
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I used this code: WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell"); WshShell.Run(filepath, 1, false); – Rahul Munjal Nov 10 '14 at 04:04
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You can't do this in general. There's no way to open any arbitrary application from a webpage. Here are some scenarios where it's still possible. One possibility: some programs have protocol handlers associated with them, and those can be launched through a link or via javascript (e.g. window.location = "someprotocol:path?argument=value"). I don't think VLC (to use your example) is among them, however.
There might be a more useful solution if you limit yourself to a particular browser/OS.
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can i make protocol handlers for my custom application ? if yes then how ? – Rahul Munjal Nov 10 '14 at 04:06
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Check here and elsewhere on Stack Overflow for how to do that: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/80650/how-do-i-register-a-custom-url-protocol-in-windows – Steve Trout Nov 14 '14 at 05:13