process.start() not working on iis server

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i want to open a html file which is stored in side a folder of application.this html file is generated dynamically while running the application .when i m using process.start(@filepath)for opening the file it works fine on my pc but after configuring on iis server it wont open that html file so suggest me what should i do o open the file while running the application on server

Posted 21-Aug-12 21:57pm

atul tr

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I.explore.code 22-Aug-12 4:05am

why do you want to do that on a server?? Are the users gonna see that file?

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BobJanova · Answer 1 · 2012-08-22T00:50:00

It seems like you are terminally confused about 'applications' (I guess this is a web app), client/server infrastructure and where things actually happen. This isn't entirely your fault as ASP.net is one giant exercise in obfuscating the client/server boundary and pretending that the whole thing is a standalone app on the user's machine.

But it isn't. Any code you write in your 'code behind' will execute on the server, and any external side effects will only be visible there – i.e. the user sitting at their browser won't be able to see any message boxes or processes you try to start. (Let's skip over the fact that the permissions on an ASP.net script probably don't even allow such things.)

If you generate a HTML file as a result of a request made on a web app, why not include that HTML content in the response, so when the user does whatever action this is, they see it? Or if it's supposed to be a downloadable document (in which case it should be a PDF or similar, not HTML), then you need to stash it somewhere where it's URL accessible, or have it generated in a separate script which you can provide a URL to, and have the browser request that URL.

**Zoltán Zörgő** · Answer 2 · 2012-08-21T22:24:00

IIS Express and development server are not services, they run in your user space.
1) As interactive user, you can create interactive process, a service is not allowed by default to interact with the desktop - who would ever see it on a server, where nobody is logged on? And IIS is a service. By the way, on kernel v6 and above there is a "session 0" isolation also.
2) To start a document from shell, you (the os) need to know the extension associations. As these are user level settings in registry, a technical user as NETWORK SERVICE won't have these settings by default

Opening a file is one thing, starting the associated application is an other. So what is your intention with it?

pramod.hegde · Answer 3 · 2012-08-21T23:03:00

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First of all, what is the need for opening html file on the server? none of the users are going to see that.
What is the exact requirement?

Posted 21-Aug-12 23:03pm

pramod.hegde

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atul tr 22-Aug-12 7:41am

ok i m generating a report and storing the report in one folder in html formate.now on a buton click that report should open. for opening that repot i m using process.start("completFilePath").so it is working fine in Visual Studio but while running with iis it wont work so tell what to do

pramod.hegde 22-Aug-12 8:18am

Hi,
All you are doing is viewing the generated html file. So, do not use Process.Start('filePath'). Instead use window.open('html file').

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