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Furkan BEKTAS
Furkan BEKTAS

Reputation: 13

Open external application from chrome?

I'm developing an app which opens any external application from chrome. I would do it with NPAPI, but Chrome will drop its support. And some says the only way it can be achieved with Native Messaging or Native Client, but I couldn't figure out how to do it.

I tried this in Native Client but system call doesn't work.

In javascript:

naclModule.postMessage('start notepad'); // just an example, I handle it in different way.

In C++:

virtual void HandleMessage(const pp::Var& var_message) {
    if (!var_message.is_string())
      return;
    system("start notepad.exe");
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9418

Answers (1)

binji
binji

Reputation: 1860

Native Client does not allow you to open an external program; it provides the same functionality that is available in JavaScript.

Only native messaging allows you to connect to an executable on the user's machine.

Upvotes: 2

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