[fpc-pascal] Browser and exe

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On 2017-05-22 21:53, Marcos Douglas B. Santos wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If you have some apps or components which was written in Object Pascal
> and you would like to use them in Web applications (client-side,
> previously installed) what is the best option to choose nowadays?
> 
> My users use Windows so, I thought in ActiveX. It works, but I think
> Chrome do not use anymore, right?
> 
> Is there a way to call an Exe (previously installed, no problem with
> that) to interact with an Exe, working in IE and Chrome?
> 

Exe is a security hazard that could barf up a person's hard drive 
instantly or create viruses..

ActiveX is indeed the closest thing to it, as it is like a program that 
is run from the browser, but in some kind of sandbox that does not allow 
it to do too much damage, although someone probably found a security 
issue with it and wrote a virus maybe years ago..