- From: Abigail <abigail@ny.fnx.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 11:15:15 -0400 (EDT)
- To: www-html@w3.org
You, Stuart Young, wrote: ++ ++ On Fri, 11 Oct 1996, Francisco Pinto wrote: ++ ++ > How can I execute an application ++ > ++ > Binary Executable (application/octet-stream) (exe,bin) ++ > ++ > immediately after download it from the Internet through a Browser, without ++ > saving it to disk? ++ ++ Without saving it to disk is 'hard' indeed! In fact, I'd say it'd at ++ least get saved to disk as a cache measure. ++ ++ > The goal is to install automatically a software package, running first ++ > the setup application. I know that this could be dangerous in security ++ > terms. But this case, is a particular case, where I know what software ++ > pack I will run. ++ ++ This alos depends what browser you are running. I know there is a plug-in ++ for netscape that is specifically for installing software, but I have NO ++ IDEA of how much it costs to use/liciense on either end, or whatever! Why would you want to buy a plug in for that? Because 'plug in' is a buzz word? Make use of the HTTP protocol. The server sends what kind of a file it is, and most, if not any, browser can be configured what to do when getting a file of a certain type. For Netscape 3.0, go to options/general preferences/helpers. Now, what has this question to do with HTML? Abigail
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