can a .net windows control query...

[dougw]

I am attempting to create a user-defined windows control that is hosted by a web page (read .net activex control) that uses the Process Class to get a list of all the current processes that are running on the client machine.

When I attempt to access the page that contains the dll, I receive a System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException...the problem is that the exception is either thrown by IE or by the CRL because I am unable to capture the exception in a Try-Catch...

The dll is signed and hosted by a trusted server. The current user is in the ADMIN group on the client pc.

Any suggestions?
Can I do this in code?

[Cander]

In Control Panel > Adminstrative Tools > .Net Configuration Wizard

Trust the assembly.

[Edneeis]

One thing to remember is that asp.net or web controls in the .net framework run server side, so it probably can't query the processes on the client side.

[dougw]

Forgive my .net ignorance (or is that ignorance.net?) but does that mean that there is no direct correlation between a vb6 OCX-based usercontrol (activex control) that ran locally and .net dll-based usercontrols in .net?

[Edneeis]

The .NET web controls don't work like activeX controls in ASP.NET for instance activeX controls had to be installed on the client to be viewed in the web page but ASP.NET does all the work server side so installing the control is not needed. BUT that means also that it is harder to get special client info. If you can install things on the client computers then you may like into Remoting or maybe Web Services can do what you need.

Please if something i said is incorrect someone let me know, but this is the way I understand it.