Executables

[Mejedin]

I want to run an executable on my website. When I load it onto the website and I go to 'http://www.BLAH.com/NAME.exe' my computer thinks I am trying to download the file, as opposed to running it on the site. I know that you can run a .swf on the site, but I don't have the funds to buy flash, and if I did, I wouldn't know how to use it. I know if you go to 'http://www.BLAH.com/video.mpeg' it will load a web page that has nothing on it except the movie. That is also the case with pictures and downloads. I would like to know how to do that with a .exe. Is there some type of converter that will change my .exe's into java files or something? I don't care what it takes; I want to have the file playing on the site. Please help.

[watchdoghosting]

You cannot run a .exe from a web server. .exe are Windows-only executables, and since webservers can run on many platforms, they will not work.

Flash is meant for producing smooth, fluent animations and movies online via a web browser. mpeg's are video files that can be viewed inside a web browser, given the right plugin (Quicktime, etc.)

To sum it up - you won't be able to get that .exe to play on your web site. However, depending on what it is, there might be an .exe to .swf or .mpeg converter.

Hope this helps