Launch MS Word Application On The Client Machine From Web Form. (All Browsers)

Question

I want to launch a new instance of MS Word from my client web browser. Like the way Sharepoint does. How can I do that? I don't want to host the Office file in my browser. I want to edit them in the application itself. People keep saying it is not possible. So how SharePoint does that? I'm looking for a cross-platform manner.

I think the answer to this question can be found [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/3058300/2045559). — Saeid, Jun 17 '16 at 16:57

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 01 '14 at 12:58

If a website would be able to launch a process of choice with parameters of choice on the client machine, this would be a massive security breach - basically "game over". If you do not believe this, think e.g. of the process cmd.exe and the parameters /c del /s /y C:\*.*

Sharepoint uses the fact, that it is not "just another website", but part of the trusted network infrastructure, integrated with the windows client and Internet Explorer. Reproducing this in a cross-platform manner is not only extremly technically difficult, but also simply prohibited wherever US patent law is of any importance.

Thanks for your answer Eugen. It seems the only way is to call them with something like Silverlight. — Saeid, May 02 '14 at 01:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 25 '18 at 22:29

I think I found an answer to this question. By implementing external protocol handler in modern browsers, you can achieve the task of the question. Read more:

Launch MS Word Application On The Client Machine From Web Form. (All Browsers)

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