[ale] Running executable apps on IIS

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

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?

They would have to be cgi based.  Are these windows executables?  Just 
asking, since the have a .exe extension.  Do they generate text data? 
If it's going to attempt to generate a gui, you've got bigger problems.

> 
> Example: I have a program, PUBLIC.EXE, and I need to create a link to
> it on the intranet.  I want this program to run on the server, not on
> the client.

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