Using a web browser as a thin client to access specific applications on the server
I have an ASP.NET MVC application, when the user clicks the submit button of that application, the server has to grab all the information in the form and call the local windows application (located in the c: \ Program Files folder ... "and do some processing before passing the data to the users ...
Now, is this possible? Is there a security limitation for the web app calling the local app?
In other words, can I start a new process inside my asp.net application using the System.Diagnostic.Process class?
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Now, is this possible? Yes
Is there a security limitation for the web app calling the local app? You have to check what role your IIS is running for such operations, for example if your IIS is running under the NETWORK SERVICE role and does not have permission to access the process you want to execute then it will fail ...
Is it possible to start a new process in my asp.net application using the System.Diagnostic.Process class? I haven’t tried it so far but I don’t think there will be any limitations, you can think of as an asp.net application like any other windows application most of the time.
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