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Re: is it possible to control one app from another?


From: "skate" <root () fatcuban com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 16:26:16 +0100


Howdy all!

I'm just wondering if it is possible to have a script in 1 IE
(5.0/5.5/6.0)
window control functions in another program that utilizes the IE dll files
for displaying information.

it really depends on what. there's some funky active-x stuff to do just
that. you can open people's CD drives from a web page, provided they're
running IE with Active-X and Media Player 8+. other things you absolutely
cannot do. most things in fact. it is a fair security breach to be allowed
to access a clients DLL's directly from a browser...



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