Hi
How to make a link from my webpage to my executable program (language used is VB6) without encountering "File Download" using HTML codes?

Using "<a href...> Click </a>", I can link my .exe program to my page but the problem is that before it opens my .exe program, a "File Download" message box appears showing 4 buttons - open, save, cancel and more info. I want to open a link to the .exe program without encountering that message box. Please help.


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Hi
I said b4 that  it opens my .exe program, a "File Download" message box appears showing 4 buttons - open, save, cancel and more info.If anyone download ,have a option to download.






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OK, you have a compiled and linked VB program as an .exe file. Right? What are you trying to have happen when someone clicks on the link in your HTML? As Mitch said, it won't run on the server; it needs to be transferred to the visitor's PC first. A visitor should see a dialog asking whether they want to run or save the program, or maybe do something else (cancel, tell more about it,...). The last thing anyone would want is for the program to run all by itself, without giving a chance to be examined for viruses, etc. That would be a horrendous security exposure, and you'd have so many lawsuits filed it wouldn't be funny. Not even the most brain-dead Microsoft browser will let you do that. So, what is it you're trying to do?

On the other hand, are you trying to run something on the server when the visitor clicks the link? A Windows program (.exe) won't run on a Linux server anyway. It might run on a Windows server, but I won't guarantee it. What kind of server are you on, and what are you trying to have this program do?