Hello,

I am not a java programmer but want to ask something so if I could have someone on a job web site do this for me. I want to have a link on my web site that when clicked will launch a program onto your computer and run it. I would imagine it would be a signed java control kind of like an activex.

The first time you use it the software would be installed on your computer. If you already had the software installed, it would check the version and update if needed. Either way it would run the program when done.

Can this be done with a java applet? I know I oculd do this with an activex control. Is there any advantage of using a java applet over an activex?

Thanks!