Question

I’ve created an exe file that does some maintainance work on my server.
I want to be able to launch it from the website that sits on the server.
The exe has to be launched on the server itself and not on the client.

My instincts tell me it’s not possible but I’ve had to check with you guys.

If I need to set certain permissions / security – I can.

Answer 1

A very crude option, Assuming IIS: Change Execute Access from “Scripts Only” or “None” to “Scripts and Executables”

To make this less crude, you should have the executable implement a CGI interface (if that is under your control.

And, if you want to use ASP.NET to add autorization/authentication, the code (C#) to do this would be:

System.Diagnostics.Process process;

var startInfo = New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("C:\file.exe")

process.StartInfo = startInfo;
process.Start();
process.WaitForExit();