executing exe from asp.net

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Hi all,

I have created an asp.net web application.

From my web application I am executing one simple windows based .exe file(.net application which is created by me).
It's working well in my local PC, but when I configure that web application in client pc through(IIS), my web application is not executing that exe file (which is created by me).

This is my code

C#

System.Diagnostics.Process myProces = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
       myProces.StartInfo.FileName = @"C:\\WindowsFormsApplication2.exe";
       myProces.Start();

Please guide me to rectify this issue.

Posted 14-Aug-11 21:23pm

sameertm

Updated 14-Aug-11 21:39pm

Dalek Dave

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Dalek Dave 15-Aug-11 3:39am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2011-08-14T21:30:00

That is because the code is executed at the server, not the client.

You cannot start any application directly on the client machine - that is counted as "probable virus activity" and rightly prevented.

When you tested it, the application was executing, but on the server rather than the client. It looked as if it worked because the client and the server were the same PC. Right now, you probably have a rather annoyed Webserver admin who has a server running a couple of dozen little applications...

Simon Bang Terkildsen · Answer 2 · 2011-08-14T21:30:00

Your application is executed on the server side (the PC your ISS is located at)

If you want the application to start on the client side I would suggest you look into ClickOnce[^]. But if you don't understand the difference between client side and server side in a web application then you should properbly take a few steps back and start out small.

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