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Manoj G
Manoj G

Reputation: 87

Regarding Calling exe from Chrome Extension

I am trying to calling exe from chrome extension. I googled and come to know that It is possible from NPAPI plugins only. I also got the impression that it can be write only in c /c++ (which i dont know.). Can anybody help me on NPAPI plugins.

If its possible to build in visual studio using c# or vb.net.

Manifest.Json file

{
"name": "My First Extension",
"version": "1.0",
"manifest_version": 2,

"description": "The first extension that I made.",
"browser_action": {
                  "default_icon": "icon.png",
                  "default_popup": "MyPage.html"
                 },
"permissions": [
                "MyPage.html"
               ]
}

MyPage.html file

<html> 
   <head>
       <script src="my.js"></script>
       <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" > </script> 
   </head> 
          <body>  
          </body> 
</html>

my.js file

window.onload = function()
    {
       RunExe();
    }; 
function RunExe()   
    { 
     MyObject = new ActiveXObject( "WScript.Shell" ) 
     MyObject.run     ("file:///C:/Users/manoj.gangwar/Desktop/FormEx_Sample_Project/TestProject/bin/Debug/TestForm.exe"); 
     window.close();           
    }

Thanks and Regards Manoj

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1218

Answers (1)

taxilian
taxilian

Reputation: 14324

No, there is no way to create a browser plugin in .net without knowing C++. It might be possible to make something in C++ that would act as a bridge to allow .net assemblies to behave as a plugin, but to the best of my knowledge nobody has created such a thing.

Upvotes: 1

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