I want to include a pdf to excel converter in my template

Question

In my software files, I already have a pdf-to-excel converter. I want to access the URL for it. I tried these things:

<a href="<?php echo base_url();?>assets\pdftoexcel\PPTECMD.exe">click here to convert</a>

However, the program is downloaded. By clicking the link, I want to launch the converter window. How do I go about doing it? The list of pages in my program file (pdf-to-excel) looks like this:

Boxofttoolbox.exe
MMPDF.exe.
jbig2dec.exe. etc..

Answer 1

You're app hosted locally only?  But even if it is, you probably can't start exe application from the browser without writing a special extension for it.