Vista - WshShell.Exec workaround

Hello. I used to call an executable located in a webserver with
WshShell.Exec and parse the returned text. Now my hosting service wont
allow me to run it, and i´m trying to figure out how to call this
executable (or any other) located on a different web server, which
would involve using a URL (http://etc...)

Example:

Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set objScriptExec = objShell.Exec("c:\someprogram.exe")

'----get returned text
strExeOutput = objScriptExec.StdOut.ReadAll

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Innerlab wrote:hi Innerlab,

Running an executable on somebody else's server smells to me
like an invitation for malicious mischief.

I am doubtful whether any professionally-run webserver is
going allow you to do it, regardless of any scripting tricks
you may discover.

If it is only another server for which you have administrative
responsibility, then it may just be a simple matter of setting
the appropriate permission.

cheers, jw
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