[ale] OT Running executable apps on IIS

[Christopher Fowler]

Why not use Citrix?

On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 13:25, Keeler, James wrote:
> Yes, they are GUI.
> 
> My hope was that I could have the user interact with a program that was
> running on the server while relaying the screen output to the user; kind of
> like a published app in Citrix.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> James R. Keeler, MCSE
> Information Systems Specialist
> Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:16 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Running executable apps on IIS
> 
> 
> Keeler, James wrote:
> > I am always being hit up by people in the department to put certain 
> > programs on the intranet so that everyone can access them.  Some of 
> > these are EXEs. How can I get these to run on the server side?
> 
> Just noticed you mentioned IIS in the subject.  (should be prefaced by 
> OT) :)
> 
> You're very likely out of luck, unless these just generate ascii output. 
>   Most windows programs are tied to a gui.  If it does only generate 
> ascii output, you would need to go the cgi route.