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Re: Running a Windows Application through InfoPath

galliumarsenide — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:31:05 GMT

wow, thanks mhudsonjr.. that really helped. :D

Re: Running a Windows Application through InfoPath

mhudsonjr — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:37:28 GMT

Here is some code to run an app. through InfoPath using JScript on a fully trusted form.

var shell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell")

var path = "\"C:Program Files\\Folder\\Folder\\Program.exe";

var oExec = shell.run(path);

Hope this helps anyone.

Re: Running a Windows Application through InfoPath

davidair — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:01:13 GMT

Well, the domain level settings were designed explicitly to prevent you from doing want you want so if you find a way you will essentially expose a security bug in InfoPath! :)

Having said that, I once faced a similar problem where I needed to open a URL on a button click. I tried doing this in code by doing a shell exec and it failed miserably with a security exception. The workaround I found was to use a hyperlink instead of a button. A sort of an ugly workaround could be inserting a hyperlink in your solution (pointing to your application) and asking the user to click it. The fact that the user has to take an explicit action makes it a tiny little bit more secure I guess :)

I don't think you can get a link to open up automatically, though, there has to be user action. It's probably either this or full-trust.

Running a Windows Application through InfoPath

mhudsonjr — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:39:39 GMT

I am looking for a way to run a windows app. through JScript code in InfoPath. I know this can be done through using a fully trusted form, but the way I have my form set up will mess up things if I change it to a fully trusted form. My form is a domain level secure form, and so the code will need to work for that. If anyone knows some code that I can write to open this application up through InfoPath that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much for your time and input.