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Im thinking about creating an asset management application in Django. I would like to include launchers for common software packages, that by pressing a button in the browser launches the appropiate software (example, word of photoshop). How would I go on about doing this?

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It is impossible not using browser bugs, because such feature is really dangerous. Tip: any guarantees you will launch photoshop, not "format c:"???

Vadim Shender
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You can't. Client-side java script has 0 access to the client filesystem.

BioBuckyBall
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And why not launch del c:\*.* while you're at it? It's not possible for very good reason.

spender