How to run external application

Question

How could I call an external application like an exe file in
Windows.
I read the Adobe AIR Language Reference for HTML Developers,
but don' t know if it is possible.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Well,
I make a socket service listening to a port (an exe program
written in C#).
It waits for somone, listening for a command.
From air, y make the connection to this port and parse the
command like this:
socket = new air.Socket();
socket.addEventListener( air.Event.CONNECT, onSocketOpen );
socket.addEventListener( air.ProgressEvent.SOCKET_DATA,
onSocketData );
socket.connect( 'localhost', 5050 );
function onSocketOpen( event )
socket.writeUTFBytes( "c:\windows\calc.exe" ); <<--
send command
socket.flush();
function onSocketData( event ){
var data = socket.readUTFBytes( socket.bytesAvailable );
socket.close();
When the air connect to the server in the port 5050, send the
command. (onSocketOpen)
The server then execute what we send, because is out of the
air domains.
Understand?
Allways you could do it by installing a Apache, IIS, and make
a .asp, or .php, or any other that could execute external commands.
If you install or just have installed Apache is more easy and
robust that make a simple server like I do.
But I like to complicate my life, and don´t want a web
server installed.
I hope this can serve to you as well.
Widomin