ASP.NET interaction with Client PC

I'm doing an ASP.NET project that works great while debugging. Upon publishing, I realized that the code was firing on the server side. After much research, I found that the codebehind on a server cannot launch remote processes or do any File I/O on the client side.

I've looked into:

• WebServices - I can only pass / receive variable data.
• .NET Remoting - requires exe on client side and is difficult for me.
• FileWebRequests - still looks for files on server.

My question: Is there any way to perform File I/O and procedures on a client machine from my ASP App without developing an exe for the client side? Thanks.

~Matt

[795 byte] By [MBoogie] at [2007-12-26]