Installing a link on a desktop from a webform.

[macduder83]

Ok, I have to somehow create a link on a users desktop which links out
to a portal. The app has to take some input from the user, create the
link with an icon. So far I bet you're thinking an exe or simple
install project... easier said than done, the website where this thing
gets downloaded or run needs to pass an argument to the exe or
installer, which will end up being a parameter in said link....

I thought .. ActiveX, however that's a technology that is being phased
out and would prefer to avoid using it, not to mention trust issues...
If anyone has done anything like this drop me a hint. I have a few
ideas thus far but Im wondering if theres a better way to do it.

 

[Mike Lowery]

Ok, I have to somehow create a link on a users desktop which links out
to a portal. The app has to take some input from the user, create the
link with an icon. So far I bet you're thinking an exe or simple
install project... easier said than done, the website where this thing
gets downloaded or run needs to pass an argument to the exe or
installer, which will end up being a parameter in said link....

I thought .. ActiveX, however that's a technology that is being phased
out and would prefer to avoid using it, not to mention trust issues...
If anyone has done anything like this drop me a hint. I have a few
ideas thus far but Im wondering if theres a better way to do it.

Browsers aren't allowed to modify the desktop of client computers. You'll need
to use ActiveX or have them run a downloaded program.