JAVA open exe from cgi-bin

Can a cgi prog written w/ JAVA open a vb exe file? I've been trying to do this from asp and w/ a vb activex dll (called from asp). I've tried many things, and pretty much get the same result. The exe that I want to open, doesn't execute how it is supposed to. When it's called, a process will be shown in the processes window of the task manager, (win2k) but the prog never does anything. Can a cgi prog in JAVA call my exe file and have it run normally (as if I double clicked it??) Thanks for your help.

Paul

You've got this activeX and it is not working in ASP right? Is this the type of ActiveX that has a GUI interface? If so, you don't need ASP or Java to get it going, all you need to do is write a straight HTML file and embed the activeX object into your page using the <OBJECT ...> tag.

You can test this for yourself without even using a web server--just an HTML file on your local drive. For example, if you have real audio, there is an real audio ActiveX dll that you can embed on your web page so that when people go to your home page, it will be playing your favorite radio station.

You can also do stuff like put excel on your page, etc using the <object ...> tag.

cudabean