Calling an external application (i.e. Windows Calculator) in a GWT web application

Question

I am trying to call an external windows application (i.e. calc.exe) when a user clicks on a button in a GWT web application. Is there a way on how to do it?

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Answer 1

Use Java Applet to call an external application in GWT using JSNI.

Please have a look at below links for sample code.

Invoking Applet Methods From JavaScript Code

Call Java Applet function from Javascript

How to call Applet method from javascript